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Old 06-12-2013 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Wingtips
Shrinking fleet, delayed flow, lies about vacation pay, metered 824, and USAirway's demanding us to be cost competitive with pinnacle or the beatings continue.
Shrinking fleet:
ATR fleet gone
ERJ-135 scheduled to be gone in 6 months (18ish aircraft)
(2014 is when the so called fleet replacement is/was supposed to start)

Delayed Flow:
Due to APA's timeline, an AA furlough must be on property by 1 August to be able to partake in the 75-100K payout. This made the July classed the latest for people to accept recall, many guys waited until the last minute as to allow the junior folks to go ahead of them in the pipeline and give themselves some cushion and time.

Lies about vacation pay:
We gave away some of the premium in vacation pay during the BK contract, what lies are you talking about? I haven't heard any issues with VAC pay yet, but I am sure there will be since the current American Eagle management is using our contract as wrapping paper while they pack their offices.

Metered 824:
Likely, but remains to be seen. It will be hard for Eagle to offer a B scale, staff a replacement fleet and flow pilots at a high rate with other attrition so something will have to give.

US Airways demanding lower cost:
Sure they are asking for concession due to the "non-competitive" cost our senior pilots provide, but I still stand that this is more posturing to ensure that PBS is passed and other items are squared away in the contract that will give the company a large amount of savings as it takes away our ability to make some extra $$$$.
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