Yeah, that's what CaptCrunch pointed out too. That it will be the half that were probably not even on the property at that time. That sucks. I guess its time to get over that grudge anyway.

It's interesting to also see a big push at some of the other carriers to change their subsidiary flying, both by management and the pilot groups. It made sense to farm out a few turbo props for the ultra short feeder routes, but with long range jets now in use, basically all carriers have become two carriers in one thus lowering the efficiency of both. I think managment has finally figured that out.

Remember when the E175's were coming out, Delta was going to buy a bunch of those for I think it was SkyWest or ASA. Our MEC told management that our pilots would fly those. Delta quickly responded that they couldn't afford the pay rates our pilots demanded. Our pay rates happened to be $2 less than theirs, but that didn't sway them at all. I think management is finally starting to wake up to the sobering cost of a second airline ownership or lease. As every pilot knows, jets are very inefficient on short routes.

P.S. My shortest scheduled flight ever was in a 767-300 from Miami to Ft Lauderdale. Scheduled at 6 minutes of flight time. It took us 11. I can't remember if we even raised the gear. Talking about an inefficient flight.