Originally Posted by
HangTen
Let's just say AC gets more than their share given their route network. A number of those destinations are not operated by J class equipped aircraft.
LOL they have sky marshalls on dh1 and q4 flights like yyc-yeg, yyj-ycd, yyc-yqu? this program is even stupider than we originally realized
Originally Posted by
HangTen
The only time airlines are out of pocket is when someone is bumped to make room for a Skymarshal. It happens rarely. Have you ever wondered why you occasionally hear about someone being bumped on WJ, even though they don't overbook?
they're bumping pax and inconveniencing the public so the federal government can have some of its agents play air marshal? even stupider
Originally Posted by
HangTen
If the flight is 100% booked, and a revenue passenger is bumped and has to be compensated by the airline, then compensation should be paid from the pot of money collected from the security tax all passengers pay. It happens rarely, but it does happen. However, it's nothing remotely close to $20m a year. I'd bet it wouldn't amount to more than $1m per annum.
Air Canada has spent millions successfully pleading the argument that the cost of adding one passenger to a flight is a marginal cost. That is why it has been impossible for the Competition Bureau to successfully prosecute a "predatory pricing" case against them.
The Feds are now using that argument to justify the lack of compensation forAC and others to provide free seats for Marshalls. The marginal cost in Y would be deemed the same as what employees pay for travel, ex taxes.
the difference between marshals and airline employees is that airline employees are useful. they have a use and if they didn't have any use they wouldn't be there. they typically have productivity targets and are held accountable to them. they do work. their job is based on past and current data proving that their job helps the airline one way or another.