1) AS drop code share with Emirates
2) AS drop code share with British
3) AS drop code share with Qantas

 

Ok, I’m glad everybody chimed in to point out that I’m not the crazy to EA AS CO whatever. (Sorry.)

Look man, nobody here wants the company to fail. The problem is that subtlety doesn’t work on forum message boards, so what we could work through over a friendly beer just won’t translate to this format.
I’m just ****ed off to be told I’m fifth-rate, and to expect relative compensation, while the numbers given to Wallstreet say we’re #1 in margins. Pay me what we earn you, and I’ll be fine. Cry poverty while you rake in way-above returns, and I’ll try to **** in your Cheerios®
If the fantasy they sell us were true, Wall-Mart would be the highest paying company in the U.S., because they’re the largest one, right? (That’s obvious, isn’t it? FAIL.)
You should talk to my co-workers. I’m restrained, level-headed. Timid even.
The guy I’m with at the moment contrasted his career with his buddy’s who is Purple®. It’s nor even close. Laughable even.
You can be too cheap, and I think B&B have found that sweet spot.
They’ll own the consequences.

 

Didn't AS drop the AA codeshare as of January 1?

 

I can’t remember the date exactly but yes, reducing the American codeshare was one of the DOJ conditions to approve the merger...

 

Lately, I've noticed more AA metal in ANC. I'm wondering if they're going to pick up ANC-ORD as well as ANC-DFW.

 

Who knows? I wonder if anyone in management here is even thinking about that. They are generally busy doing momentum sessions and whatever they can to deny trip trades, and don’t really have the extra capacity to think about specific plans...

 

I still don’t understand why we haven’t cancelled those MOU’s, specifically the 4 hour one. I understand what the intent was and the way it used to work with eMaestro, but it’s not working that way now and is not getting fixed. 30 days notice is all we need to give to cancel that piece of junk.

And I recall the union email saying that the 4 hour MOU is not the reason the trade is denied, even though the reason it lists is the 4 hour MOU. The fact is after months of having crew access on property, if a trip starts more than 4 hours from your start time on the same day you can be guaranteed it will be denied.

 

Fun story: I mentioned to someone how much I disliked that MOU, and I got the lecture about how that's not why trades are denied, and its really about reserve coverage, blah blah. I then wondered allowed why I was able to trade through 3 trips over a 10 hour period as long as each one was 4 hours or less, while the original trade was denied for just that reason. Huh, strange.

 

Did you check reserve coverage for the ones that got denied? If reserve coverage was negative then they'll tell you that it's working as intended.

 

Anyone heard when the next vacancy bid is going to come out?