Originally Posted by
Viperstick
Flying with a new Bus captain who just finished training. Here's the skinny he got straight from the route planning honcho & system chief pilot:
- Continental management made a lot of decisions that didn't make sense (i.e. preferring the Guppy over the Bus without having factual information to support view); company is beginning to unwind some of these bad decisions
- Continental didn't like the Airbus, hence its placement as a super RJ in the route system; suggested this will change (specifically mentioned Bogota Guppy limitations that don't apply to Airbii)
- Company is not happy with the 787. When it works, it's a rockstar; when it's not ready to fly, we're getting hammered on cancellations.
- Despite its limitations, the company is getting Guppies so cheap they can't afford not to take them
- Net gain of 100 mainline aircraft; used Spirit Airbii are in the mix along with the Chinese & maybe Turkish Airlines Airbii as well
I work in the school house....Any and everything you hear at the schoolhouse, especially from a system chief pilot is about as reliable as anything you hear from any other Tk Weenie or Line Swine. As the years go on you start to understand that just about everything and anything you hear from anybody at this place up to and including the CEO is most likely subject change/total and complete bovine scatology.
