snowback
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The link is to an article about Song.
The text is from John Selvaggio, President of Song. I've highlighted the part on pilot pay.
Orlando Sentinel Song Article
Delta hopes to keep Song's costs low by turning its airplanes
around in less than an hour, employing fewer flight attendants
and using its planes for 13.2 hours each day, which could lower
its cost per passenger by nearly a third compared with Delta's
Express unit.
Selvaggio said Song's lower costs will let it succeed in the same
business in which U.S. airlines failed. But analysts have said
Song's costs will probably still be higher than those at low-fare
rivals, because its pilots fall under Delta's current labor contracts
and will be more expensive.
Delta has no plans to ask Song pilots for wage reductions,
Selvaggio said, because similar efforts at other airlines had
failed in the past to produce real cost savings.
"We could have pursued an avenue that would have had a
lower cost structure for pilots, but it would not have been
sustainable," he said. He said Song's management was
searching for more ways to save costs through productivity
instead.
A few markets currently served by Delta Express may be
dropped from Delta and Song's route network, including Islip
airport on New York's Long Island, Selvaggio said.
The text is from John Selvaggio, President of Song. I've highlighted the part on pilot pay.
Orlando Sentinel Song Article
Delta hopes to keep Song's costs low by turning its airplanes
around in less than an hour, employing fewer flight attendants
and using its planes for 13.2 hours each day, which could lower
its cost per passenger by nearly a third compared with Delta's
Express unit.
Selvaggio said Song's lower costs will let it succeed in the same
business in which U.S. airlines failed. But analysts have said
Song's costs will probably still be higher than those at low-fare
rivals, because its pilots fall under Delta's current labor contracts
and will be more expensive.
Delta has no plans to ask Song pilots for wage reductions,
Selvaggio said, because similar efforts at other airlines had
failed in the past to produce real cost savings.
"We could have pursued an avenue that would have had a
lower cost structure for pilots, but it would not have been
sustainable," he said. He said Song's management was
searching for more ways to save costs through productivity
instead.
A few markets currently served by Delta Express may be
dropped from Delta and Song's route network, including Islip
airport on New York's Long Island, Selvaggio said.
