Ganja60Heavy
what we talking about?
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Dave Benjamin said:Has anyone seen a copy of that contract? Could it just be an urban myth? Crew costs are only a small part of the puzzle. Attractive finance or lease rates on the aircraft themselves probably have far more impact. Efficient scheduling and utilization are a big factor. If managment really negotiated a clause to be second lowest they should have got some concurrence from your MEC. Since SkyWest Airlines and ASA are separate entities in theory how can they both be expected to have second lowest operating costs? I've heard people at SKYW make the same claim about the need to be second lowest.
Exactly.
Why does Delta care about the breakdown of cost? It's just the total they need to put on the check that matters.
The whole "second lowest crew cost" garbage is made up by management. In fact, Delta could mandate "second highest crew cost" and demand all other costs be reduced to give a lower final cost.....to guarantee the pilots are happy. That would not only be feasible, but make better business sense.
The truth is, JA, BL think we are SO STUPID that we believe that Delta really cares exactly how SKYW arrives at a cost for Delta to pay.
They don't