Originally Posted by
scambo1
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IA;
I disagree for (at least) three reasons:
1. Fee for departure / guaranteed profit. It would be cheaper to fly them at mainline.
2. Economies of scale - dispatch, mx, gate agents, res, etc. The bigger an enterprise, the (relativelely) less expensive the cost per sample size (widget).
3. We are already doing much of the service work for them.
Bring 'em to mainline, the cost is not that great. It is the new entry level, but at least we are all rowing in the same direction.
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Two reasons Comair is getting spanked so hard lately:
1. They were bad and there is no "military school" for DCIs.
2. (subset) Delta doesnt have full control of all of the other DCI's. Comair is the "flex" in the whole DCI system.
I agree 100% that these costs are not that great. It is:
1) Something that more than likely management would not give us for free. Ala they would want something big in return. Why? Just because.
2) As I pointed out in another post, the cost in regards to more debt for holding the leases obligations for said jets.
I would LOVE to see it and beleive that we NEED to secure as much flying as we possibly can. More flying is better for the company and us. Outsourcing will one day blow a hole in our business plan. (My opinion) Problem is the cost of buying it back. Does a pawn shop ever give you your ring back for the same price of less? Nope never? Why? You know why.