Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
This is from the judge's ruling (they are not contiguous paragraphs, just quotes):
The March 21 Proposal would allow American’s regional partners to fly aircraft with a maximum of 88 seats and a MTOW of 114,500 pounds. (AA Ex. 918). The maximum number of regional jets of 51 to 88 seats would be capped at the greater of 255 or 50% of the total number of mainline aircraft in use at the time. (AA Ex. 918; American’s APA Motion at 23 n.18). The maximum number of regional jets of 50 seats or less would remain at 110% of the narrow body aircraft flown at the mainline at the time. (AA Ex. 918). Additionally, the distinction between owned and non-owned commuter carriers would be eliminated—all would be operated as if owned. (AA Ex. 918). Based on current fleet size, the APA calculates that the March 21 Proposal would permit the Company to use 536 regional jets of up to 50 seats and 304 regional jets of 51 to 88 seats. (Eaton Decl. ¶ 25). The APA’s primary objection relates to the use of the larger regional jets.
The Court finds, therefore, that American has shown that the request in the March 21 Proposal is reasonable and necessary when compared to its network competitors.
This is a comparison between the TA the American pilots voted down and what there new working conditions will be if they let the judge rule:
So you can yell at me all you want. I am just the weatherman, you can scream at me for telling you that it is raining, or you can go find an umbrella. If this fight is about RJ's the choice is pretty stark. The TA had terms much more favorable to the American pilots than the judges ruling will be. Read his decision, let me know how you think this will go.
Little children can hurl insults on this forum all day. Let me know how that works for you in the real world.
We know that the judge is likely to grant he company's request to abrogate the contracts. But do you think that AMR will get another contract with APA if they have 200 E-190 being flown by regionals while the other legacies are limited to CRJ 900 and E-175. How many guys do you think will stick around working down to FAR and a hit on pay(loss of work rules). APA is likely to be better off from the events in the last few weeks. I believe the judge has set a hearing for Sep 4, from there we are likely to see instructions from the judge. This is going to cost AMR another month or so at least. The longer this happens the shorter AA runs on pilots and the closer we get to those 777-300 getting on property and creating a training bubble as senior guys get fed up and walk away. 400 pilots in the fall created a mess last year, AMR has it fresh on their minds. Listen to what Eagle fly says, if AMR makes it bad enough that guys just leave AMR is stuck! they won't be able to get people on property fast enough.