Exactly. Not all non-revs have he flexibility of showing up 45 mins prior to departure. No need to penalize as it a) may eventually happen to everyone, and b) won't materially stop people from not showin up. if people don't get there on time, go to the next folks.

 

LAMO Just awesome.

 

On Comair - thats what happens when people start to make B scale wages again.. They shuffle it away. In the same period of time that comair has been shrinking, Compass and Shuttle have been growing.

ASA's lost flying on DCI is going to GoJet, again with the shuffle.

Pinnacle's future - is future. Not present. All speculation.

Frontier is an amalgamation and poorly run airline. Nothing short of a sell off can save that place from BB. The very few parked chataqua 145s are being used outside of airline service for charters where they can.

Speaking of the present - 5 minutes on wikipedia/apc reveals appx ~890 50 seat RJs currently flying in service of legacy airline branded operations in the US alone.

Far from dead.

 

comair has 20 more 50 seaters exiting by june. I hear they are being scooped up by skywest with cheaper leases.

 

Ever think that the misconnected????????

 

To be honest I don't think anyone should be allowed to check in from home. I mean really isn't that the point of checking in to prove that one is in fact there? Why not just take away check in completely It only takes about 2 minutes to check in on the Kiosk for those that know what they are doing and those that don't should plan on arriving with ample time anyway.

These little quirks bug me as much as you FTB.

 

Well, I can tell you that, for some reason I can never check in at the Kiosk but can check in on line. I like being able to check in from home and then go directly to the gate.

I venture to bet that those no show non-revs misconnected from somewhere.

 

Something else that needs to be changed IMO is the boarding of Non Revs.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe non revs are given "Zone 4" boarding. With everyone bringing so many carry ons and the overheads filling up so quickly (Paying passengers ABSOLUTELY should have first dibs on overhead space), It bugs me when 'offline' non revs board ahead of me because they rushed to cut in front of people, and get their bags on, and then I, while traveling on my own airline, have to gate check my overnight bag, and wait for it at baggage claim for 45 minutes.
This happened to me twice in the last two weeks commuting to work. I was not in uniform so I could not just put a deadhead crew tag on and take it downstairs. One day, a Compass FA with three big bags, and a Skywest pilot, with two big bags, boarded ahead of me, got their stuff in the overheads, and then me and about 4 PAYING passengers had to gate check our bags. The week prior, same thing happened but it was a Pinnacle FO, and two FA's from ASA and Comair I think.

Dont really know how to fix this but maybe give Delta non revs zone 4, and then offline non revs zone 6 or something.
I realize in the grand scheme of things this isnt a terrible issue, but when you are commuting to work, or commuting home, sucks to have to check your bags and wait at baggage claim for awhile, while non revs from other airlines get their bags on no problem, because they were willing to run to the front of the line and cut off paying passengers.

 

You're not understanding. The 50 seaters being removed from the Comair fleet are not
being shuffled. They're being parked. Sent to the desert.

Frontier is parking them because they don't make money. That's why regionals are losing money. The airplanes haven't been profitable for years. Only the FFD contacts have been keeping most regionals heads above water.

Wikipedia is not a reliable source of info.

 

And Skywest well fly them for whom?