Originally Posted by
pjflyer
I never said I made more, just the same. I agree 100% that the IAH CRJ operation is nothing to write home about, but CRJ's were the only crappy plane available at the time to fly for CoEx. The operation is by no way "laughing stock!" It seems nearly every time I'm in CLE the gate, ramp, and supervisor's prefer our operation to XJT. I even got to go to the fancy C terminal and the ramper immediately commented how much easier and faster it was to work our flights. It is a FACT and has been since we started flying for Continental that our number's beat any CoEx carrier, sometimes by 5 to 10 percentage points. My post if factual. Yours is out of complete jealousy and ignorance.
Well, individuals are entitled to their own opinions. We haven't lost that in America just yet; so there may be some agents that feel the way you say. However, if this is true, they are saying the same thing to us. All I ever hear when I go to a station where CHQ operates is how much the crew wishes XJT served it exclusively. Especially in CMH. They really hate CHQ there for some reason. What's my point? What people say doesn't mean crap. They talk out of both sides of their mouth, and when it is all said and done, we are both contractors to momma CAL, PERIOD!
We were scheduled out last the other morning, but left before the earlier CAL or CHQ departure. We were rotating on 10R as CHQ started their push. All this being said, I am not so much into comparing my size to yours. However, as DOJET correctly indicated, we get a month by month update of performance metrics for all COEX carriers. Typically, you will see less MX or Flt ops delay/cancellations than XJT (not always, but typically); however if you look at the pure volume of flights that XJT operates on behalf of CAL, the percentages are very clear that XJT has superior performance metrics. When you factor in that we operate in and out of EWR and some of our Flt ops issues are caused by flt time/duty time issues associated with major EWR delays, that just indicates that numbers are actually a little better than indicated. We, here at XJT, take a lot of pride in our ability to maintain this performance. Rest assured, atleast this time, the pilots of XJT did not take a concession to win UAL flying. Hell, we had to take a concession just to try and hold onto what we had last year. A pathetic indication of where our industry has been allowed to go.
Regardless of all of this, I still say that the guys who are flying those Midwest planes make me sad. Karma is hell and will certainly probably show up on their doorstep someday. Watch the ALPA video about the final Midwest flight just to get a sip of the lives that were impacted by what has happened there. Shortsighted and naive is the best description I can think up for those pilots that now fly the "pretend" Midwest Airlines.