Originally Posted by
Boomer
Comair tried this in 2001.
In response, Delta brought in ACA, Chautauqua, Eagle, ExpressJet, Big Sky, Shuttle America, Freedom, and Pinnacle to make sure it won't happen again.
Since their pay was lower, many of them were awarded Comair aircraft out of the deal, too.
Not entirely factual. ACA inked the DelCon deal in 1999, and started as a DelCon carrier in the late summer of 2000. ACA's pay was higher than COMAIR's at that time. In 2001, ACA got a new contract, making that pay gap even bigger. It also set the bench mark for what COMAIR got. COMAIR didn't strike till after ACA's new CBA. Not a pay issue.
XJT being a DelCon carrier had nothing to do with pilot pay either. First off, DAL needed a place holder on LAX gate space. XJT had planes lying around that needed to be used, and offered a cheap rate. But you don't understand, it had nothing to do with pilot pay. Secondary was those initial 10 CPA airplanes had more range/payload availability than what ASA was using on those routes.