Yes, it's confirmed. Delta is taking all of our 175s and giving them to Skywest. Also confirmed, Skywest is offering all compass pilots flow, as long as we agree to fly the brasilia which they are bringing back. Source: Tim Martins.

 

Hey, he was a fun guy to fly with

 

got a question for all you bidding experts.

So I was wondering why there were a bunch of CDO trips in the LAX open time since those trips were in one of the CDO lines that was awarded. So looking around a little I figured out the guy that was awarded the CDO line that had those trips, now only has a few CDOs and he has a bunch of other trips instead.

I'm wondering how he was able to drop the CDOs and pick up other trips, since the email they send out during bidding says, CDO line holders are limited to only swapping CDO trips with other CDO trips.

 

Pretty bad? We're always the at bottom in the statistics they send out. But you're right deny the numbers! We cannot conclude that we're performing as bad as those numbers say we are.

 

Although I've never done it personally, when the grid is green who's to stop him from dropping whatever he wants? You can drop reserve days....

 

Not true. Full reserve lines can't have days dropped. The only thing you can do is swap reserve days around if the grid is green.

Now, build-up line holders do have the ability to drop reserve days...

 

In jeopardy? No. LAX has challenges other airports dont have, they know that. The Mx however makes sense. The dl birds are getting older and so Mx needs to change in order to keep up and bring performance up. There is plenty of things pilots and FAs could do as well to help. Occaisonally I notice crews take for ever to get off the airplane, knowing full well there is a crew swap at 30-40 min turn. Passengers sometimes complicate things as well. Iv noticed alot of people taking extra long getting off. Like the last few passengers staying MINUTES longer than the rest of the passengers. Just flat out moving super slow for some reason. But the Fa's dont say a word. A polite reminder that we need to board the next group of pax on a quick turn could save some time. But I think there is a fear of them complaining to DL that the FA was rude when in reality they were not, and so nothing is said...

Im curious as to how these metrics work. If we have a 30 min turn scheduled, but the gate was occupied by mainline or another regional beyond our A14. Who is at fault? Both get dinged? If we occupy a gate for Mx and another bird of ours has to wait, do we get dinged twice?
Are we expected to make up that delay on the next few flights or does one delay turn into recorded delays for the rest of the day?
If we have a crew swap, and the inbound is late, its 30mins from block in for an ontime dep. correct? Or is it still the original planned departure time making it a less than 30 min turn?

 

lol come on, man. What exactly am I denying. Our delta numbers suck. I'm not arguing that. I'm just questioning your ability to read "our performance is bad" as "we are losing delta flying."

 

November 1 performance numbers for maintenance DC average 6.9%
Endeavor at 4.3%
SkyWest at 4.8%
GoJunk at 6.8%
XJT at 11.7%
Compass 12.2%
So you're saying that nearly 3 times the top number is ok to Delta? They don't see that it's nearly double GoJunk? I get that LAX has some unique issues, but when the CP sends out a letter saying that it was an interesting meeting to say the least, what can't he say that he wants to allude to?
Also the spread in D0 for those same numbers was the top 3 in the 80s and the bottom performer in the mid 60s. One of those with an LAX as a domicile (the number 1), which if it was purely LAX would have been affected downward too.
Plus the other carrier with an LAX base, the competition, is using old clapped out CRJs which should according to another poster be part of our problem for the DL birds, their age. Seems to me it's the MX done on them rather than their age. But you're right nothing has been announced about possibly losing flying. It does however affect our ability to bid for new flying... How much are you going to charge, great, and what is your ability to deliver D0/A14, oh errm we're not so sure about that. Trying to take a realistic view on this as it affects out future at Compass.

 

Why are you giving me performance numbers. Again...I'm not denying it's bad. Am I? Show me where I did if you think differently. I'm only questioning you apparent certainty that Delta flying is in trouble based on one line in an email.

Ah screw it. You're right. We lose all Delta flying in the spring...all but confirmed. You're right.