Originally Posted by
embraer
You didn't hear what he and others had to say, so you have no clue.
The goal is to spin off and pick up contract flying from other airlines, not just AA. We would also be released from our 70 seat scope...that is the whole point. If we are not owned by AMR anymore than we are not limited in any kind of scope clause, even if they do hire us to do their flying. BTW: Republic does flying for AMR as well under the American Connection brand in case you didn't know.
What part of that is so difficult to understand? If you think Eagle is going to target Republic by flying 50 and 70 seat jets for the next 20 years you are the one who is dreaming.
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Have you seen the
Republic payscale? Keep in mind the majority of their E170/175/190 CAs are 5-8yrs seniority. Now look at the
Eagle payscale.
Our 5yr ATR CAs make more than 5yr E170 CAs. Our 8yr E145 CAs get more than an 8yr E170 CA. I wonder how that competition will go when it is time to bid for flying against them...Oh and take a gander at those sweet Republic FO payrates.
Bidding for contract flying from UAL/CAL/DAL sounds nice, but when you look at the huge market share that Republic/Shuttle America/CHQ, Pinnacle/Mesaba/Colgan, Skywest/ASA/Xjet already control then we will be fighting a serious headwind trying to break into that game.