do all three companies get the same flight privileges (buddy passes, family passes...etc) with all the same carriers? (Delta, United, Continental, US Airways) Seems like it would be a lot.

 

9E as of right now, only has benefits with Delta.

 

In short, the answer is you only get the pass travel benefits for the carrier you are affiliated with. If you are awarded a seat flying for Pinnacle, you will get the Delta pass travel benefits only.

Just to be clear on Delta pass travel: non-wholly owned regionals flying under the Delta Connection brand do not receive buddy passes (with the exception of Skywest). Parents travel at a yield fare, but are pretty much stuck to the bottom of the standby priority list.

You and your family will be able to also interline on other carriers using ZED fares if you need to. Sometimes these are restricted to being employed for at least 3, 6, or 12 months.

 

I fly on the US Airways side, and can only non rev on them. I have full access to Travelnet, but have been told by management not to use it to nonrev because Delta watches closely and will payroll deduct the full cost if caught.

Sad thing is I cannot non rev on a Mesaba flight if its under Delta.

 

it's sad that furloughs have better pass benefits than active regional pilots...

 

Its sad that Delta Retiree's get higher pass priority than current regional partners.

Let the retiree get on the flight, but I can't get to work to fly them to their final destination. GREAT thinking Delta.

And I didn't choose to commute, I was forced too. Thanks again Delta.

One last thing.

How can you sell more of something than you have? Great thinking!

 

How were you forced to commute? If I worked for XYZ company and they told me I had to relocate to ABC city and ABC city was not someplace I wanted to be than I would quit and find employment elsewhere. Sounds lke you choose to commute to me.

 

Its pretty unrealistic for you to assume that an individual doesn't have ties and commitments to where they live. Mortgage, kids, wife, friends, family, etc. Commuting is definitely a choice, he could quit, but get real. His job pays bills, he has time and money invested in his career. He got displaced and now has to commute. I totally agree with him that the non-rev bennies are a total joke and Delta should be made fun of. To think a retired employees spouse or dependent can have higher boarding priority than an active Delta system employee is pretty ignorant. No, we dont work for Delta, but we fly their pax and their planes. If I cant make it to my base to start my trip because I'm below wheel chair pushers and buddy pass riders with a higher boarding priority, it's only affecting their product and customers downline when my company cancels a flight b/c I missed my commute b/c of the non-rev situation. You username says it all, you're on the other side of this issue, take the time to look on travelnet some time and look where the regional pilots are on the stby list.

 

One of the most impressively inept comments I have seen.

 

Wheel Chair pushers don't get travel benefits, they are contracted. Don't your displaced pilots get moving benefits and a free full paid move? My only point was is that no one is forced to do anything. You can move, commute, change jobs, ect. To think that commuting pilots should get higher priority on someone elses airline just because they choose to commute doesn't have much merit. When I retire from Delta I think I will have earned the privledge to travel as a higher priority than people who never worked for Delta. It's not your company.