Originally Posted by
WhozerFlyer
For those of us that do almost exclusive short-haul flying and qualify based on segments, is it hard to fathom that USAirways may actually start giving quarter and half segments? Even in todays industry i cannot believe they're getting rid of the EQM Bonus so I guess nothing should surprise us anymore. I figured US was in better shape than United but apparently not so...why aren't they trimming capacity?!
CO already has half (and, to be fair, double) segments, WN has quarters (well, 1.25 on their new Business fares short haul), and DL has no segment qual at all.
US does not have much slack for cutting capacity because their pilot contract requires them to maintain a minimum active mainline fleet size. They cannot change that without a new pilot contract, and they cannot get a new pilot contract while the pilot East and West sub-groups remain at war.