block30

You've outdone yourself! How can you top that for a first post? I see great things in your future.

Thedude

I am starting to believe that the Kirby 5 seat thing is nothing more than a red herring.

johneybrasco

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bedrock

I love it!

Al Czervik

Awesome pics. Lmao

Spoiler

Kirby looks like Bette Midler

Surprise

So there I was, watching the ORD town hall video. As an amateur student of all of Parker's videos, I believe he looked as flustered as I've seen when answering the opening question about the JCBA. Fast talking and heavy breathing. I can't decide if this is good or bad.

And agreed, the above pictures are great.

Gallifrey

That was an awkward, uncomfortable interview about pilot/fa contracts.

eaglefly

My opinion ?

If Parker was serious about resetting labor relations at AA, especially among the pilots and was serious about compensating AA pilots competitively, he would be offering to match the Delta pilots CBA and that includes scope. It would be a level playing field from a pilot labor cost standpoint. If he now is going to attempt to extract concessions in scope for the offer of matching some Delta pilot contract provisions, then he will have sent a message loud and clear that he's no different from Horton and is taking advantage in opposition to stated claims.

Horton blew his chance to make a good first impression on day one when he appointed Brundage to pilot his management team into steamrolling the pilots and then went for the jugular. His risk failed to payoff and cost him his position. I think Parker would underestimate the negative consequences of making the same mistake if he chooses to do so. The JCBA is that first impression (at least for AA legacy pilots). I've heard Parker is not requiring scope concessions be tied to the JCBA, but we shall see. Personally, I think scope concessions right now aren't something that will pay off in the long run. The present scope provisions on number of aircraft are already unattainable and obsolete due to the ever increasing shortage of new entrant pilots for RJ F/O positions. Delta has already recognized that and is replacing 50-seaters not with 76-seaters, but mainline 717's. UAL now appears to be acting proactively and is exploring AA group 1 sized replacement aircraft for 50-seaters at mainline.

Parker has a history of making bad decisions when dealing with intoxicating things and industry intoxication with the RJ is waning. Let's hope Parker decides as others have that this intoxication isn't worth the future hangover it will produce in both erroneous future fleet planning and potentially irreparably damaged labor relations. The pilots he alienates today, may be the ones he desperately needs tomorrow.