Opportunity Cost - AA vs UAL?
07-08-2019, 01:05 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by AAL24
Seniority and earnings are not necessarily correlated. For example many many FOs at DAL make more than the majority of Captains at AA. Our biggest failing as a pilot group has been comparing our hourly rates and assuming we are in the same ballpark as UAL DAL SWA FEDEX etc. Even JetBlue pilots have the option of dropping their lines and picking up at 200%.
Hopefully this all changes with the new contract. But I doubt it. Haven’t seen a single survey question cover double dipping, trip buys for OE, or 200% premium.
Hopefully this all changes with the new contract. But I doubt it. Haven’t seen a single survey question cover double dipping, trip buys for OE, or 200% premium.
07-08-2019, 01:11 PM
#22
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Originally Posted by DarinFred
Mainline (cough Doug cough), do you have numbers on how much we’ve borrowed for new airplanes vs how much we’ve borrowed to buy back stock?
Assuming a rate of around 5%, that's around $50m a month in interest charges.
07-08-2019, 01:23 PM
#24
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Originally Posted by Big Perm
Denver at united is attainable with just six months seniority as long as you go for the 737/320. If you chase the 756 for some reason it would be two or three years minimum.
07-08-2019, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Al Czervik
The smart FO’s at AA are making more than AA CA’s.
Actually, there are quite a few G4 captains that went back to G2 Captains at least in MIA. With summer storms (Premium) etc they claim to make more.
07-08-2019, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Al Czervik
The smart FO’s at AA are making more than AA CA’s.
07-08-2019, 02:21 PM
#29
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Originally Posted by Name User
Total capex since the merger has been around $25b IIRC and total stock purchased has been $12b.
Assuming a rate of around 5%, that's around $50m a month in interest charges.
Assuming a rate of around 5%, that's around $50m a month in interest charges.
What should concern all of us is the same thing that concerns all the Wall Street analysts...not debt but revenue.
In 2018 - Delta made 107% of AA's revenue - while only flying about 90% of the ASMs. That is what is driving the majority of the gap between AA and the industry.
07-08-2019, 02:32 PM
#30
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Originally Posted by Big Perm
Denver at united is attainable with just six months seniority as long as you go for the 737/320. If you chase the 756 for some reason it would be two or three years minimum.
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