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Originally Posted by rjboy (Post 822282)

I was displaced from MKE and am not aware of this. Please explain.

I'm not privy to all the details, however, there were fixed costs associated with opening mke as a base for Midwest that I guess were shared. I'm guessing we'd have to pay that back plus damages if we used the base to directly compete with them. The way the story goes it has to be closed for a certain amount of time (already elapsed) and they can reopen if they like.

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Originally Posted by bored (Post 821094)

Sounds like DL isn't committing Skywest to a certain amount of consistent flying here. Kinda like how the XJ 900 SLC flying is all over the place from month to month. XJ refuses to open a base there, given its costs, when DL won't commit to anything. In the end, we all end up with crap pairings and crap schedules. Thanks big D.

I know it is a long shot from the topic of this thread, but is this what your management telling you about Delta and your quality of life?
And you are buying it?
Or are you in the management?

You guys need to realize that you fly for crap and have to fly a lot. You feel that you are understaffed when you fly 95 hours, not 75. And who doesn't want it to change? Delta doesn't care.

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Originally Posted by Lifeisgood (Post 824897)

Mgmt is saying that they would rather do all our flying out of SLC because it is cheaper for them and it would be better for the crews. I believe that because it is obviously in their best interest to keep flying where they already have all the infrastructure. Most people here seem to want to fly 85ish hours per month. You need to state who you work for before you say we fly for crap. Among the current DCI crop it looks to me like we are much closer to the top than the bottom. I would be happy to be wrong on that because we are going into pay negotiation but from what I can see we are higher than most on the 50 CA about average on the 7/9 CA but way higher than most on the FO scale. I'm not saying I don't want to make more but if you want to call us out then state who you work for and lets compare.