Originally Posted by
jayray2
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.
I asked a Reginal Elite Airline Services (REAS) friend of mine and he said his international travel is unlimited. He goes to Japan quite a bit several times a year. He was a former Comair (OH) employee when the transition took place so I'm not sure if he was grandfathered in or not. He also gets 6 S2's, which are only valid on DCI carriers only. If he were to use one on 9E for example, he'd get priority over ALL other 9E employees, as 9E gets "0" S2's. That's messed up.
Otherwise, REAS always boards as S3C on DCI (unless they use their S2) regardless of aircraft operator (IE: Pinnacle, Mesaba, Skywest, etc). At least the employees of their respective airlines have S3 status on their own aircraft.
However, I don't know why on ASA aircraft mainline employees board as S3"C" and S3CR (retired) and all other DCI aircraft (to my knowledge) they board by DOH as S3...again, different policies for different DCI carriers.
There is a lot of inconsistency between DCI.
Boarding behind retirees is what really needs to be changed.
