Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
No but the efficiency of the fleets, MX programs, internal structure of the company, training facilities, etc. all add up to a huge difference. There's no way that Eagle can even think about touching RAH when it comes to operating cost. Not bragging about it just pointing it out.
You still dont' get it.
Fleet efficiency? explain? Last I checked, RAH runs a wider range of types than Eagle or Comair
MX Programs? Last I checked it was a subcontractor EMB that aborted at JFK a few months ago because there was so much slack in the elevator cables that there was no elevator authority.... Last time I was in STL I saw AMR planes at TSA with 10 to 12 MEL stickers on the panel.... Yep, subcontractor MX is just great.
Internal Structure? Eagle is structured the way AA and AMR want it to be; they have no control of how understaffed/overstaffed other subcontractors are.
As for training facilities... if there is any doubt that AMR/AA/AE's training facility is the best in the nation then your drinking too much koolaid. Now, as for the cost... regardless of how much AA charges Eagle to use the training center, facilities and simulators... where does the money go? That's right, right back to AMR.
They can, and do, charge Eagle outrageous rates for every little thing, just to keep Eagle as "too expensive" on paper... the reality is that Eagle costs just about the same to run as a subcontractor whom they have less than control of, and can't use to move and shuffle money around.
Perhaps it is you who should do a little more reading....
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Lets not forget they wanted to keep TSA and furlough from AE but the unions stepped in. They already showed their opinion on things.
Wrong again. They never said that. The union was in process of filing a grievance over the transfered MIA flying. The previous arbitration in 2002 had already established what would be a violation.... in short, the transfer of equipment alone was not considered a violation without the transfer of routes or jobs. By transfering the MIA route to TSA, AMR violated a previously arbitrated ruling. As a result of the 2002 arbitration they could not Furlough at Eagle as long as AMR owned planes were being operated by pilots not on the Eagle seniority list....
So, I'll say again....
Perhaps it is you who should do a little more reading....