Regionals and airport standby
07-10-2015, 04:04 PM
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Regionals and airport standby
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Why do regional airlines have crews on airport standby? Mainline flights to major cities are delayed all the time for late crews, yet ABC express has to have crews on standby because the system will crumble if the flight to Sioux Falls leaves late???
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Why do regional airlines have crews on airport standby? Mainline flights to major cities are delayed all the time for late crews, yet ABC express has to have crews on standby because the system will crumble if the flight to Sioux Falls leaves late???
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07-10-2015, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Senior Skipper
Rant...
Why do regional airlines have crews on airport standby? Mainline flights to major cities are delayed all the time for late crews, yet ABC express has to have crews on standby because the system will crumble if the flight to Sioux Falls leaves late???
Rant over
Why do regional airlines have crews on airport standby? Mainline flights to major cities are delayed all the time for late crews, yet ABC express has to have crews on standby because the system will crumble if the flight to Sioux Falls leaves late???
Rant over
07-10-2015, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueMoon
Regionals get paid extra for meeting performance metrics. Things like D-0, A-14, and completion factor. Thy figure it's worth it to keep a crew at the airport, who most likely isn't breaking guarantee, in case they need them.
It's usually more along the lines of they get penalized/NOT paid if they DON'T meet those metrics.
So to avoid/reduce penalties and non payment, they have crews that are in line with what the OP ranted about.
And to confirm what another posted, YES, UAL has airport standby.
07-11-2015, 05:40 AM
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