Originally Posted by
Lambourne
Don't take it too personally. My company has been on the wish list for many years. In fact our time on the wish list has been at the expense of some from your company that liked to put "guppy killer" stickers on their flight bags, deny our pilots Jumpseats on airplanes with OUR paint job on them. So please forgive us if you suffer some level of demise as you have heaped a whole load of fecal material on our pilot group since 9/11.
With hope that our merger with CO yields their scope clause. Perhaps we can see more and more of the parasitic operations disappear.
Sorry junior, it is only business. You have your new airline to go play with and I hope soon enough you guys are all devoted to that "operation" and out of ours.
L
"Republic just operated fixed-fee service for large network carriers such as United Airlines prior to acquiring Frontier, Lynx and Midwest.
Republic chief executive Bryan Bedford said the impact of the proposed United-Continental merger "
could be a positive" if the combined airline uses United pilots' agreement that allows more outsourced fixed-fee flying than Continental's.
Republic's contracts with United are not cancelable, Bedford said, and phase out between 2015 and 2019.
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Positive for RAH, bad for anyone who dreamed of actually having a career in this industry.