Delta has about 12000 fewer employees however so while it does give them more of the pie the cost doesn’t effect the bottom line as much
not sure what you're trying to say here?
aa already cut costs by replacing mainline (higher labor costs but revenue generating- premium pax/freight/mail) with eagle (less labor costs, but much less revenue - no premium pax, no freight/mail).
the example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
when i went to school, we were taught that fixed costs are gold to business. hedging some of your fuel would fix some of your fuel costs.
aa refuses to even think about hedging a percentage of it's fuel purchases, delta made a tiny profit in 2019 from fuel hedges.
every little bit helps. just look at their profit sharing.
in the usa's #1 airport for connectivity, ord, aa RJ service has some 290 flights a day and aa mainline has about 210 flights a day.
what is that??? go with RJ service/envoy and the top line takes a huge hit. we can't even get figures with how many envoy ramp there are.
i'm sure the twu knows, but the issue here is they pay dues to the twu, so who cares?
i think most of us want to like parker and want the airline to do well. the company shouldn't blame labor for it's issues due to overall preformance and business decisions.