I've already said what I must about the new pass policy.

As far as the DL/NW crossfleeting: First, there are codeshares, and there is crossfleeting. Code share would be like DL602/NW7856 ATL-DEN. This would be a DL flight on DL metal from ATL. When in comes to DL hub to NW hub, that could be confusing, but there is no crossfleeting between hubs. That would go by A/C type. CVG-DTW-JFK would be a DL flight from a DL hub CVG-DTW, and a DL flight to a DL hub DTW-JFK. There are flights like ATL-BWI-SLC(making that flight up, but flights do go from a hub, run through an outstation, and continue onto another hub)

Now, I'm sure RADAR/DLnet have some trigger that shows up with what they think are their own flights, I'm sure it's a little glitch.

It doesn't matter what DLnet says, it matters what the res computer at the gate says, and DL flights from outstations to DL hubs on NW aircraft are handled in DLmatic as DL flights. NW flights to NW hubs on DL aircraft are handled on PARS as NW flights. (having recently took over NW ops, I have access to DLmatic(the DL res system), and PARS(the NW res system).

I looked up DTW-LHR today in DLmatic at work. I forget the DL flight number, due to legal constraints it must have a DL flight number, and it will show up as a flight in DLmatic; however, looking in detail, it has ZERO seats available and ZERO seats sold. Again, forget flight numbers, but looking in PARS, it shows up as a regular NW flight with a logical amount of seats sold, and the rest available.

DL802/NW5802 HNL-ATL. I traveled on this flight a few weeks ago. I listed with DL. I watched the agents work with the DLmatic res system. I checked loads. DL802 in DLmatic had like 350 seats sold and 53 seats available. NW5802 in PARS had ZERO seats available and ZERO seats sold. I checked in at the DL kiosk, used a priority of S3, was given a DL seat request and eventually cleared for the upper deck and was given a DL boarding pass. Upon checking the list, I was very close to the top with my S3 priority. There were plenty of people below me on a priority of SNWA. I rode in F class, as this DL flight followed DL policies. This was, from a marketing/res standpoint, a DL flight, no question.

I don't mean to seem too pushy, but if the flight is going from DTW-Europe, that is a NW FLIGHT no matter which airline operates it. Same as you have a DL FLIGHT 5544 operated by ASA. Same deal, this is 2 ASA pilots and an ASA FA on an ASA airplane operating a DL FLIGHT. HNL-ATL or NRT-ATL has a NW crew on a NW 744 operating a DL FLIGHT.

It's a marketing thing.

And DL crews cannot operate NW aircraft, NW crews cannot operate DL aircraft. But NW crews can operate NW aircraft on flights that are called and sold as DL flights, same as any connection carrier can operate its own aircraft on flights that are called and sold as DL flights.