This came up on another thread and I would like to see how you guys feel about it. We are all familiar with scope issues pertaining to regional jets vs. mainline jets etc. What are your feeling about sub-service to another airline. Example: our company subserviced out 200 hours of flying per month last summer for a 6 month contract. That hurt us as a pilot group but worse it hurt us in that we lost some good customers due to poor service. The company said that there weren't the required crews for the equipment, but they didn't figure any pilot flying "overtime" or on their days off. We had a large contract out of Boston but we lost it to a foreign carrier under129 because it was all international business. This resulted in us parking a 737-800 and not hiring 12 more pilots that we would have. The world is getting smaller and why are we worried about scope with other U.S. carriers when other airlines from other countries are taking our jobs.
As for long term sub-service we as a pilot group feel bad about it but it is justified when the carrier wants to try out our type of aircraft. Also since we have more seats it provide's 22 extra seats for non-reving, which helps the commuters.
As for long term sub-service we as a pilot group feel bad about it but it is justified when the carrier wants to try out our type of aircraft. Also since we have more seats it provide's 22 extra seats for non-reving, which helps the commuters.