Looks like FLL in indeed DL mainline both upstairs and down, and this confirmed MHT is handled by DGS. Surprised Bradley is outsourced ramp, DL has historically been very strong in that market and until a few years ago operated many BDL-Florida and other non-hub flying.
it is precisely because BDL has had a large variance in the size of the DL mainline operation, driven by DL's focus on low fare carrier competitive point to point traffic, that DL is more reluctant to commit full-time DL personnel in all locations. FLL has been a strong DL mainline station for decades and, even though it grew during DL Express and Song, is still has 20+ flights/day on mainline.
IIRC, BDL also had short-lived 757 service to Europe; having overwater ops increases the likelihood that a station will have in-house maintenance.
Those types of threads drive me loco. Can't stand the incorrect info...makes me feel pedantic, which I don't like... If you wanna know if a DL station is staffed above, below, or both, just ask.
it should drive you loco and does other people too... mostly because it is a patchwork of people who seem to think they know - and then there is a collective "let's draw" conclusions, often based on faulty data. Typical a.net.
And then you throw in a whole lot of bias and sometimes even published data gets either incorrectly cited or outright manipulated to prove a point which is actually counter to the real data.
Kev, at large international stations what arrangements does DL have? Pretty sure the only mainline overseas stations for AA is LHR (represented by UNITE) and NRT, I imagine NWA directly employed their personnel at AMS & NRT, no?
Josh
DL still has a large group of employees in NRT... less sure of AMS but I don't think there have been any substantive changes to any overseas locations in the negative direction.
OTOH, DL has hired its contractors as its own public-contact employees in some foreign cities including GIG and GRU were it knows it will be there long term and where the complexity of the int'l ops mean that the cost of providing the service via contractors is not cheaper than if those employees worked for DL directly. But of course laws are different in some parts of the world, including WRT benefits which is one of the key factors regarding whether the finances work as DL employees or only when outsourced.
Pan Am had a large group of its own employees and, while DL cut many when the hub was closed, there are still many former PA employees who still work for DL.
I believe DL's personnel at LHR are DL people; DL had a res office in London and it was closed in favor of AF handling all European calls, just as DL does in the US and Canada (the DL res lines are answered "welcome to DL/AF/KL reservations" similar to what NW did with KL.)
People have moved functions and some outsourced locations have become DL employees although usually above wing.
To further the point above BW outsourcing, DL partner Gol does not have any of its own ramp people so far as I know (or at least the primary workers are Swissport.
