Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
DAL is the one that contracts with AS and does their gates service. In fact AS as min staffing requirements for their flights for these contracts. In the end DAL knows all about it.
As for our feed, to save you from one of my ten paragraph RASM-CASM models I will just state that it is an option, but it would be done as an offensive maneuver if needed. I would also like to see DAL do all of the flying out there, but they will not do it with the revenue potential that exists in the North South Markets.
Now in regard to the flying that they replaced us on, yeah that is not quite right. Darn open ended code share agreement!
AMR should try and buy them, that would start the dominoes falling.
BTW Buzz that is normal in SNA even for the 757's.
Well, one of the problems, as I see it, is we were a scheduled Delta mainline flight (from ATL ironically) which landed right on time at SNA. There was an open Delta gate, 12, at SNA. Instead of allowing us to block in and unload a plane full of pax, we were forced to wait on an AS flight that was late. So, in effect, my flight was an hour late to the gate while we held on the ramp for an AS flight that was already a late departure from their originating station. We must be making more money by leasing our gates to AS then we are by forcing our pax to be an hour late and being ****ed off in spite of our repeated PAs.
That, in addition to the fact that almost all of the choice LAX 73 flying has gone to AS. QOL in the 73 in LA since the code share = down appreciably. If you like TRANSCON red eyes, it rocks. If you like to fly during the day time to Mexico, Central America, and north and south, not so much. Almost all I do these days is overnights to BDL and DTW. I'm not whining but it used to be CUN, GDL, BOS, DCA, etc.