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Originally Posted by
EWR73FO
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Oh yeah. That's what we needed. More time. rUAL's much anticipated narrowbody order never materialized. Instead we got a merger announcement with an airline that already had new narrowbodies coming. So after 2 years, your solution is MORE TIME? big surprise. No Thanks. I am glad we voted in the contract. Clock is ticking. Just a matter of months now. get ready.
Sled
I hope you get what you wish for but history has proven that aircraft orders are generally delayed many years past the anticipated delivery date(SEE 787). Your A350 will not be here in 2016. Bidding on that will be a moot point unless there is a fence, and that remains to be seen.
4 years past our amendable date we get a new contract. Wishful thinking that the SLI will be done in a timely manner and that mgmt will immediately allow bidding of any aircraft from either airlines' aircraft to the other. Gonna be more like our wonderful LOA26. We will be able to bid as one airline sometime after the SLI but incrementally IMO.