WorldTraveler
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- Dec 5, 2003
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no, you fixed nothing.
you can't admit that a huge part of DL's network wouldn't exist if it required mainline only flights.
how about you pull up a few schedules and tell us the current number of markets which are flown exclusively by DCI?
And yet NW and DL had identical labor CASMs at the time of the merger. NW paid its people less and most of the cities that the IAM gained were mid-size cities that had service from both MSP and DTW. DL, quite simply did not have a hub that was smaller than ATL but on par with the size of DTW and MSP.
The reason why DL's network supports as much RJ to mainline conversions is because of the strength of the combined DL/NW route system. And yet large portions of LGA and DTW and SLC are still on RJs.
there is nothing that prevents any carrier from putting all of its regional operations at mainline.
and if the best unions can do is "about the same number of BW stations as DL" doesn't sound like there is a huge basis for a union.
thanks for pointing that out
you can't admit that a huge part of DL's network wouldn't exist if it required mainline only flights.
how about you pull up a few schedules and tell us the current number of markets which are flown exclusively by DCI?
absolutely.Thanks NW employees and IAMAW DL 143!
And yet NW and DL had identical labor CASMs at the time of the merger. NW paid its people less and most of the cities that the IAM gained were mid-size cities that had service from both MSP and DTW. DL, quite simply did not have a hub that was smaller than ATL but on par with the size of DTW and MSP.
The reason why DL's network supports as much RJ to mainline conversions is because of the strength of the combined DL/NW route system. And yet large portions of LGA and DTW and SLC are still on RJs.
there is nothing that prevents any carrier from putting all of its regional operations at mainline.
and if the best unions can do is "about the same number of BW stations as DL" doesn't sound like there is a huge basis for a union.
thanks for pointing that out