Originally Posted by
CANAM
What house? There is no house. AA and AE are very different houses. Maybe in the same subdivsion, but nowhere near eachother. One has 1800 guys on the street (many for almost 9 years now) and the other just got 20 new 70-seat aircraft with a first class section to be staffed with mostly newbies (after the 70 furloughees get back).
I understand that the AE MEC is upset with CHQ, but the real story is how more mainline jobs have just vanished.
the assumption that a 50 seat AE a/c can replace an MD 80 or larger?