Only Passenger on flight tomorrow... what will happen?
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Most importantly for the OP's situation, like I said before, regionals don't get paid if they don't operate the flights. They could care less whether there are 100% or 0% load factors. They still get paid the same for operating said flights.
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Yes these are not normal times and this was a DLC flight, not DL. That doesn't change the fact that flights (full or empty) don't operate in a vacuum. Crews and airplanes still have lines of flight to operate. Airplanes still need to end up in maintenance bases to have scheduled checks and work done. Having worked years in system ops, I can tell you load is way down on the list of cancellation criteria.
Most importantly for the OP's situation, like I said before, regionals don't get paid if they don't operate the flights. They could care less whether there are 100% or 0% load factors. They still get paid the same for operating said flights.
Most importantly for the OP's situation, like I said before, regionals don't get paid if they don't operate the flights. They could care less whether there are 100% or 0% load factors. They still get paid the same for operating said flights.
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......and half of the passengers were FTers? That's an impressive percentage. Often one gets the impression when there's some IROPs incident that there are roughly two of us on average on flights.
Still, with these seat assignments, one wonders about social distancing as well as weight and balance.
Still, with these seat assignments, one wonders about social distancing as well as weight and balance.
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