Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Read the MEC blast on the meetings. It was an almost identical statement of days gone by, i.e., "we communicated our displeasure, etc., etc...........and we are "cautiously optimistic", etc.,etc.....". Then, in previous fashion, the team reverts back to huddle and then a release of what most already knew about slower CRJ transfer and the release of the delayed upgrade bid that will likely take awhile to move pilots through not changing the past 2016 upgrade schedule one iota.
Bottom line : Nothing really new and mostly an artfully timed, reconstituted blast of the past previously known.
That's what I get out of it anyway.
You don't even work here. Where would you be getting the MEC blast from anyway? Can you seriously not let it go? Move on. If you are at AA fine, why not just enjoy it and forget about Eagle/Envoy if it's as bad as you claim it to be. I have my suspicions that you really don't work at AA but if you want to hoodwink everyone, then by all means, go ahead. But how about in the AA forum.
A previous poster hit the nail on the head when he mentioned that the CRJ's were staying now through at least the end of 2016. Couple that with the 175 arrivals and what do you have? Growth. Don't think that this scenario wasn't known to management quite some time ago and they planned for and plugged the numbers on upgrade/flow in with this in mind. The plan was, and still is, to flow 375 this year alone. I agree with CA Wilson that the 375 number may need to be adjusted slightly due to Letter T's returning. However, expect north of 300 to flow this year alone and in the end......they have to true up keeping the original 6 year flow intact.
Maybe now you can see why they chose to meter on the flow. It's obvious more airframes are involved than previously planned for in summer 2015. "Charlie Bucket" as you say, is still in good shape and should still plan on things as they were announced last year.