Originally Posted by
Cofyknsult
My candidate is AA 1562, JFK-PHX, scheduled daily at 09.59 AM:
<SNIP>Who can believe that the cost of reaccomodating passengers with missed connections ( and this is an almost daily affair...) is less than paying an extra 30 mnts to the crew ferrying the 737 from LGA to JFK ?
What costs are those? It's not as if they actually add resources or spend money without a protracted battle (unless you have an AAngel on your side.) And that battle usually doesn't resolve until after the trip has been taken.