Upgrade to Delta Private Jets?
 

So, is this considered a JV or Code Share?

Delta Is About to Allow Some Commercial Passengers to Upgrade to a Private Jet - Bloomberg Business

I know in the past the Delta Union blocked DPJ from flying the GV because it weighed more than the scope allowed. So DPJ said well than why don't you come fly it for what we pay.. The Delta pilots laughed and said no way! 40k as an FO on a GV is an inslult!!

Remember when we agreed to a scope carve out for DPJ in C12?

The Dalpa sales team told us not to worry about it. "We don't think the company will do that."

When will we learn?

I think that is great, should last about a month.

They're just filling an empty deadhead flight on a jet with a HVC to show them they're loved. Or they're giving away $15,000 flights for $800.

But hey, anything is possible if they're considering dropping money on CRJ200s. :D

So, howz dis gonna work?

I can't imagine "big fish" pax would be too thrilled with a ground limo from JFK or LGA to TEB, HPN or even FRG...and doing repos from those airports to airline hubs is going to pretty much negate the revenue gained by "upgrading" airline pax onto empty charter legs.

This is my thinking.

I ran the possible reinstatement of the -200's past some CSAs recently, got the giant eye-roll....

I could be wrong about DPJ but most of these charter managed groups are equivalent to getting a management company to rent out that condo at Pensacola Beach you should have never bought, except it's 5 to 30 million dollar jets and owners freaking out at their bills and desperate for that $3k-5k per hour check minus operating expenses and 15-20% management fees. Just anything to help dig out of the hole of ownership and realizing the NBAA was full of it.

So there are times when they need to dead head the keys to make money but they won't know that till the last minute because they don't want to eat that kind of a cost.

So my guess is when they know a deadhead is going to have to happen, Delta will be alerted, look on a list of medallions flying tomorrow from where that jet is to where it's going, call them, offer them a deal if they basically pay for the limo plus some, then, get them to that jet.

Then they'll get the perk of a flying limo. They love us we love them. They buy tickets. They won't be taking them from a terminal to the FBO, it'll be from their house to an FBO.

But I could be all wrong but it's my guess guided by the fact I used to fly one of them fancy jets. Its being creative kind of like the Porsche thing in Atlanta.

Because frankly, I don't know if you could even go from PDK to Columbus GA in a 1979 Baron 58 for $800.

Exactly! $800 covers the crew costs for one day. Pay, Two hotel rooms, per diem, and to and from transportation to the airport. They are trying to be innovative. If they can convince a diamond customer to pony up 5k an hour to fly on a private jet then their experiment worked. They do move a lot of wealthy people from rural areas to the hubs for international flying. If they have any empty leg from hub to hub it's a good marketing tool.