Originally Posted by
Scoop
Contrails,
I hate outsourcing as much as the next guy (and twice as much as the guy next to him) but wouldn't the aircraft also have the FAR fuel minimums in it when it shows up as a DAL connection flight? Theoretically. unless it was operated under other than part 121, you would think it would all average out in the long run - of course I could be missing something here - only halfway through my first cup of coffee.
I guess if they were stingy on contingency fuel there might be a difference over the long run.
Scoop
He actually brings up a good point. Of course it would arrive with legal fuel. He is saying the outbound leg on behalf of a mainline will be "fat fueled" so that it lands at its next destination with more than legal fuel which was paid for by the mainline but will be burned doing someone else's flying. There is already some sneaky DH-ing going on by "air group" portfolios who fly for everyone. Stealing a few hundred pounds here or a thousand pounds there is a very real possibility. The shell game of multi airline outsourcing ACMI is not only bad for pilots at every level its one of the most poorly thought out MBA classroom brainchildren in the industry.