Originally Posted by Mason32

You mean the same 70 seaters that are suddenly big enough for a mainline company to furlough just about all their pilots and subcontract to the regional that will fly for less in somebody elses colors? Yeah, just more proof of why we don't want bigger planes at Eagle



It means no such thing. If the average load is down to 30-35 pax, how is it more efficient to run a 70 seater than a 37 seater... stop drinking the bigger airplane koolaid.



The Eagle scope, APA scope, and prior arbitrations have pretty much assured that there will be no additional outside contracting to subcontractors unless the situation is that Eagle and AA are unable to grow fast enough to meed AMR demand

The APA floor on pilots is 7300 and does not include any pilot from merged companies such as Reno or TWA. APA says the number has been reached, the company says no it hasn't. In any event, if it has, the contract requires AMR to stop ALL commuter flying, not just Eagle. Will it happen, no... but it is a huge bargaining chip...



Really? Try telling that to all the Midwest guys that just lost their jobs because a 70 seater was large enough to cover "most" flying...



AA flew the F100... they are flown at regional carriers, because regional pilots will do it for less money...



It worked very well at many mainline carriers, until managements realized they could get regional pilots into small jets, then larger jets, and then even larger jets... the 70+ seaters belong at mainline companies.
As long as you keep claiming it is unrealistic they will continue to slowly give regionals larger and larger jets eventually replacing every single good pilot job with crappy regional paying jobs. So, you go on keep saying it is unrealistic... when will you draw the line? when your flying a 73 for regional pay and work rules?