Originally Posted by
PCLCREW
No digs taken... I just think that by giving DCI pilots and FAs a higher priority might not be such a bad thing for us and you (mainline). Instead of flying S3C, maybe something like S3A... I am also no expert on this either... but even crewmembers aside wouldnt DL mgmnt want to avoid cancld flights across board? By letting DL buddys parents kids on a flight before a commuting pilot or FA just doesnt make sense to their bottom line either. So they have 2 or 3 flights cancel because a DL parent got on a flight to go on vacation, and a DCI crewmember had to call in.
Most DCI have enough resv's to cover this... but my crappy company can barely staff on a normal day.
Of course the DL "employee" should always get on before us... I totally agree with that.
The way DAL looks at canceled flights is they expect the DCI carrier to have a minimum completion factor. If the DCI carrier doesn't meet their contracts limits they are subject to being terminated by DAL. At DAL there is a limited number of vacation type passes we get annually that are of a higher boarding priority. Using the logic of canceled flights DAL wouldn't allocate these passes if they felt it caused canceled flights. As a DAL crewmember I am expected to get to work regardless of full or canceled flights, that is my responsibility.