How long is your contract to fly with DL? Also, is it a fee for departure or something else?

 

It was 2 year deal. 10 aircraft on a CPA, the others on a pro rate type of deal due to most favored nation status with CAL.

 

When is the 2 years up at?

 

Supposedly the deal was inked late last year, but we started flying out in LAX in June. So I'm guessing thats it.

Curious, why are you curious?

 

Just trying to get some fact or fiction from the rumor mill at SKW. Thanks for the info.

 

I see, that what sparked my curiosity with the 120 in your profile. So, what ARE the juicy rumors over there?

I give this thread about 3-4 more replies before it turns into a pi$$ing contest about how we "stole" or underbid that flying from other carriers with our slave shop work rules and substandard wages at distressjet.

Edited, I meant to say 3 OR 4, not 304 more replies.

 

More or less two of them. The Southwest thing won't go away. The main one is more 700/900 going to LAX for DL. I'm not sure if it's on top of your flying or more flying. I hope it's more flying and nothing happens to you guys. When UAL gave up the exclusivity at LAX with us, I think the writting was kind of on the wall. I was told around DEC 1 there will be an announcement about all of this. What do you think, have you heared anything about this?

 

What are you talking about? We don't hate each other. Are not all bottom feeders?

 

Funny, we were hearing that XJT was talking to SouthWest a year or two ago, and it wouldn't go away for a while either. There was all this talk of us going into Mexico for them since we already do a lot of that stuff already.

The 700/900 thing in LAX is interesting. I remember on FI some Pinnacle guys were hearing DAL wanted them to do some LAX flying as well. We hear that DAL wants more of our jets in SLC. I wonder, if this stuff is true, if DAL plans on shifting some things around between us and you guys? Some of our planes go to SLC, some of yours go LAX.

If so, I'll be PI$$ED! PI$$ED I SAY!!!!!!! I like the flying we do out of there and have not desire to go any farther east than most places we hit out of LAX. Our overnights are great.

If DAL just wants more (larger) RJ's in LAX, I wonder where in hell they are going to park them?

 

We got an email for our DEC lines in SLC a week or so ago. It said all but 5 of our 900's that we keep in the ATL were coming back to SLC. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with more LAX flying or flagship's 900's coming to ATL.