Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Timbo, come on is that the best you can do. Do you honestly believe that parking some of the very oldest 747-400's flying is contract related? Are all the other airlines parking newer 747's also out to lunch? They were always planned to be parked by the end of 17. Now it's the start of 17. Post merger the plan was to park them sooner. They actually were extended.
Keep in mind the JV partners are also accelerating parking their 747's.
Sailin, I can care less if they park all 747's yesterday. What I do have major issue with (and apparently you don't) is the fact that NONE of our highest paid positions are getting replaced by new ones. Pretty soon we'll be down to 18 777's and that's it. Since the merger our widebody flying has shrunk and in 2018 at the earliest will we have the same amount of wide body equipment (at 350/330 pay)!!! We all know that before 2018 a lot can happen and I predict more widebodies (767's) heading for the parking lot in Arizona.