Originally Posted by
Mason32
You're listening to Cohen? I stopped reading right after that comment. That's like listening to the White House press secretary. Only job is to convince you what the boss wants you to think. Cohen does not speak for AA.
In the past they could replace a company like Eagle. It isn't so easy now. If you seriously think they could, then you're really out of touch with the state of the industry. Even AA upper management knows; which is why they want a 10 year contract with no amendment round. They need to get through the next decade as main line hiring goes through the roof and strips the regionals of every hit able pilot.
There are more retirements at the mainlines over the next 10 years than there are pilots in the entire regional industry. Do the math yourself. Guess when it really starts to pick up? Think its coincidence that everybody is getting in contract talks while a majority of pilots still think as you?
Mason, any word from your side of the house? As an Eagle guy, I would welcome this proposal and hope that it goes through. The big question for me is, should both sides come together and agree, what says the company will accept? That's the big problem as far as I'm concerned. They would give up their whipsaw with one carrier leaving the fold and move these planes into a higher operating cost environment. Does the proposal address this part? I can just see that as the big hangup.