Originally Posted by
Delta1067
DCI carriers will never get the pass benefits of mainline and their wholly owned carriers. Many DCI contractors also feed for other airlines aside from Delta, eg. Skywest. That would flood Delta mainline with tens of thousands of newly added peoplw who would become elligible for mainline pass privledges. It's a waste of time even considering this adgenda as Delta would never sign off on it. There is nothing in it for Delta, in fact, it would cost them money in the end.
Doesn't Skywest get the same benefits (just at a lower priority)? All the contract Regional Elite employees also get the same benefits I believe (again at a lower priority). Only getting one International trip a year is a huge slap in the face to the pilots and FAs of carriers that work so hard to give Delta customers a good experience (and by all the surveys a lot of the carriers are providing a consistently better experience than mainline).
I don't think this agenda is a waste of time, I have heard that there have been talks and that there exists a possibility for changes this upcoming year.