One thing that reaffirms my belief that Delta management have no clue, and they had all this coming to them is the Decision to merge Song back into Delta. I think Song is a great product! It blows Jetblue out of the water! The product that is and not necessarily how it is run. When you get on a song flight, you notice the difference right away. Hip colors, both on the outside and the inside (not necessarily a fan of the colours but they do stand out), they are playing music as you board, sometimes cool songs that I like, they do their flight attendant announcement with various songs and best of all, they have games on board that I can play against other passengers! They have Texas Hold um poker, tirivia, etc. Ok, if you are not into games, they have Sattelite TV for you, if you are not into TV they have thousands of songs you can choose from to listen to, and if you are not even into that, you can watch a movie for $8 (cheaper than some theaters I have been to!). In addition to the entertainment they have good food. You have different sandwiches and salads to choose from, and various snack which definetly beats Jetblue's terrablue chips, biscoti and all the other snacks that Jeblue offers. And they also have friendly flight attendants. When I book a song flight, I actually look forward to it! I have a laptop with games, but I have never used it on a Song flight! The product itself rocks! I am not sure I agree with how it was run, and maybe because I do not have the whole picture.
One thing that I did not understand is that they had Song flight attendants operating the flight but Delta pilots flying the airplanes, Delta agents handling the flight, both above and below wing. Now if you really want to compete against Jeblue, then you have to aslo compete against their operation cost. Which brings me to the question of this thread. My question is to all the Delta pilot on this forum. If Delta came right after Sept 11 and said: Look, we have to comepte against Jetblue and the only way we can do it is by starting a new company. However, we can not have Delta pilots flying the planes at Delta pilot rates. Delta pilots can bid into a seat at Song if they choose to, but it would have to be at 1st year pay based on your seat and the rates are excatly what Jeblue is paying their pilots. It would not make sense for senior pilots bidding into those seats, but perhaps those junior pilots?
If you are a Delta pilot, would you have accepted that proposal 2 years ago. Would it have made a difference? I say that because operationally, I am not sure how efficient is the 757 compared to the A320.
One thing that I did not understand is that they had Song flight attendants operating the flight but Delta pilots flying the airplanes, Delta agents handling the flight, both above and below wing. Now if you really want to compete against Jeblue, then you have to aslo compete against their operation cost. Which brings me to the question of this thread. My question is to all the Delta pilot on this forum. If Delta came right after Sept 11 and said: Look, we have to comepte against Jetblue and the only way we can do it is by starting a new company. However, we can not have Delta pilots flying the planes at Delta pilot rates. Delta pilots can bid into a seat at Song if they choose to, but it would have to be at 1st year pay based on your seat and the rates are excatly what Jeblue is paying their pilots. It would not make sense for senior pilots bidding into those seats, but perhaps those junior pilots?
If you are a Delta pilot, would you have accepted that proposal 2 years ago. Would it have made a difference? I say that because operationally, I am not sure how efficient is the 757 compared to the A320.
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