In laymen’s "FTB" terms:
All flying performed by or for Delta will be performed by Delta pilots in accordance with the PWA [PWA 1.C.1] unless it is a Delta Connection carrier flying an aircraft that is permitted or is flying done by foreign carriers, Continental Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Hawaii Airlines in accordance with the PWA. [PWA 1.D.1]
Permitted aircraft are 50 seat RJs and 255 51-76 seaters of which no more than 120 can be 71-76 seaters. That 120 number can increase with pre-merger DAL mainline fleet growth or decrease to 85 if the flow is cancelled. All of those 120 76 seaters can also have their seating capacity reduced to 70 seats if a pre-9/11 mainline pilot is furloughed. [PWA 1.B.40]
If, however, a Delta Connection carrier under a CPA* or RPA* flying permitted aircraft then acquires an aircraft that is not permitted then Delta will terminate such operations and will need to do so either by the date that non-permitted aircraft entered revenue service or 9 months from the date that Delta became aware of the potential acquisition, whichever comes later. [PWA 1.D.2.C]
However, a Delta Connection carrier on a CPA or RPA may fly both permitted and non-permitted aircraft if the non-permitted flying is not performed for Delta, there is no reduction in Delta’s existing block hours as a result of that connection carrier using the non-permitted aircraft, the aircraft is not flown on a city pair served by Delta and if that jet aircraft that was never certified to carry more than 106 and currently only seats 97 passengers or less. [PWA 1.D.2]
Okay, now, RAH.
According to Check's definition he presented: A single transportation system exists when there is a substantial integration of operations, financial control, and labor and personnel functions and a substantial degree of overlapping ownership, senior management, and BOD’s. However, as in the US Airways case substantial integration of operations does not require total integration of operations.
How can you not say RAH's CHQ and Shuttle America who does flying for us under a CPA does not meet the definition of a STS? And therefore as a STS they're not allowed to operate the aircraft we permit in the PWA for DCI (their CHQ E145s and Shuttle E170/175s) because they have aircraft that are not permitted (99 seat E190s and 120-162 seat A318/319/320s) which do not qualify for any exemptions under the PWA 1.D, right?
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A capacity purchase agreement (CPA) is where Delta purchases all or a portion of a carriers capacity and is responsible for selling the seat inventory that they purchase. The revenue proration agreement (RPA) is where Delta earns a fixed dollar or percentage of revenues for tickets sold to passengers on connecting flight itineraries.
Delta has CPA’s with: ASA and Skywest which are both subsidiaries of Skywest. Chautauqua and Shuttle America which are both subsidiaries of RAH. Compass which is a subsidiary of TSA. And Pinnacle and Mesaba which are both subsidiaries of Pinnacle Airline Corp. Delta has a revenue proration agreement with some of Skywest’s flying and American Eagle for a few routes out of LAX.