Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Well, AMR IS in court this week for the sole purpose of seeking to abrogate mainline contracts via 1113 are they not ?
At any rate, I doubt they'd make an aircraft selection within 2 days of discussing the issue with fleet managers. I'd think they'd have to discuss the issue more then just 1 day to ensure they make the right choice. At any rate, I'd hope you accept the fact that for each new E-175 or CRJ-900, it's 10 slots less for new-hires (including 253/824's) at AA and thus the likelyhood of your finding yourself at Eagle 10 years from now and for all intents and purposes a career RJ pilot FAR more likely. Yes, there are other carriers, but AE has 1000 senior pilots prolly too old to compete for the limited slots of the future and as we shrink and AA feeders expand (multiple), Eagle contracts and F/O time in a newer, larger and shinier RJ isn't likely to get one very far. The new shiny RJ's will be great for a year or two and then you'll most likely have a website like RAH after the RJ hangover kicks in. I'd also prepare for the sting of watching many of the RJ's go elsewhere and Eagle not maintaining it's current size as a result. If you're an F/O now, it's very possible you'll still be one in 5 years as the fleet and operator transition occurs. The high-fivers are convinced a glorious utopia is heading their way with a Christmas tree dangling full of of 100-seat jets with good schedules, good pay and retirement nestled under the tree and are breakdancing and moonwalking thru the terminals. The 1113 express for Eagle hasn't left the station yet, but unfortunately you can rest assured others will soon get to watch your gutting with amusement as well.
BTW, have you considered the fact that some in Eagle management may be trumpeting this faster then reality simply to gain more capitulation to the 1113 term sheet ?
Eagle woudn't lead it's wide-eyed pilots around with a milk bone would they ?
Naaahhhhh.
For a minute I thought that one could reason with you! I will not sit here and speculate what AMR will do because AMR hasn't shown a plan! They have mentioned their intentions are to bust SCOPE, increase code share and divestify their domestic feed. There is very little that us labor as a whole can do about it. The large majority of Eagle pilots aren't exited about larger airplanes here at Eagle and that APA is the position they are in, but you will have a minority who will troll on these online forums. Please stop attaching other when they just try to reason with you, even tho that vast majority of regional pilots want to be at an airline that flies larger equipment with improved work rules and higher wages we are not all exited for you to loose your job!