Originally Posted by
saab2000
That's part of it.
But something not worth $2million? C'mon!!??! Most companies will spend a million to save $10K! They keep them separate because they don't want a large (read strong and consolidated) pilot group in the regionals. A combined PSA and PDT would be much stronger and a much larger headache than two separate and smaller and weaker ones.
Remember - Divide and Conquer.
Exactly!! DAL has made a conscious decision to keep multiple DCI's in a state of flux to keep costs down with whipsaw and avoid another Comair-type strike.