Originally Posted by
nightice
Boarding behind parents and retirees..I never understood why an active employee trying to commute gets bumped by parents and retirees going on a cruise. How and why do Skywest/ASA and Comair get "full benefits"? Why isn't is consistent across the DCI groups? The former 2 are not even wholly-owned. And how much more would it cost to get what the others had pre-merger NWA? I think most would rather pay the $200 maximum per family per year for full benefits.
Pinnacle, and on Jan. 1st, Compass and Mesaba lose all buddy passes. Parents have to travel on High ZED fair, and everyone only get 3 transoceanic travel days per year. Thats 3 one-ways across the ponds. Those are the details as I understood it. But as someone that likes to travel across the pond a lot, this would totally suck. Not sure why they can't pay $200 to get the better deals. I sure would.