Another avoidance. How do you feel about West crews hubbing in CLT. You know CLT - ORD - CLT then overnighting to do CLT -ATL - CLT the next day? Or how about PHL - LAX - PHL.
All East flying for many years prior to the merger. Routes and cities never served by America West.
Do you feel these are West routes and should be flown by West pilots?
No I do not feel those are West routes, but I do kind of like the long CLT layovers, not my favorite, but far better than some. I hear you folks no longer stay in Tempe, I know that hotel was bad, but I would think better location than downtown Phoenix.
I am not trying to avoid anything. Maybe you missed the concept of what I am saying, I will try to elaborate.
I am saying that, First, because of the relative amounts of flying done by both sides,(the east does much more flying than the West), that when put into percentages, it gives this aparent huge disparity, that is in reality non-existent. Also, there was never any mention of how this was measured. Was it in block hours, individual flights, seat miles, what?
This whole thing is a wash when it comes down to it. The West is flying stuff we never did before, and so is the east. What is the big deal? The TA calls for min block, we get ours, you get yours, how when and why, deteremined by marketing.
You can quote all the individual legs you want, there are counter parts that the east is doing. Cabo turns from PHX etc, the other night I arrive in PHX late in the evening surprised to see there is an entire bank of east airplanes leaving for ORD, CLT, LAX, and I think SAN, was that a one time deal because of the holiday weekend, or are you hubbing east crews in PHX?
The point is, this is a complete non-issue. Nobody is taking from the east, you do not have any rights to the flying other than the fleet min TA guarantees.
