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01-29-2016 | 09:30 AM

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beancounter

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I think he's going back to chief piloting.

I don't know him, but I heard the 190 fleet manager was a nice guy. Was he a PHL CP?

01-29-2016 | 09:30 AM

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I talked to the fleet manager of the 190, who's also the S80 fleet manager awhile back, he said he expects the 190 to disappear from AA.

Lovely! More money wasted since they are scheduled to paint all the 190's.

01-29-2016 | 12:57 PM

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What's the thought process here? Regionals are doing better than anticipated? Having trouble getting people to stay on it?

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01-29-2016 | 01:01 PM

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Lovely! More money wasted since they are scheduled to paint all the 190's.

The new paint is the kiss of death. They'll probably be gone before the last Super 80 is retired. 😉

01-29-2016 | 02:14 PM

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Doug Parker himself said that we either need to have more 190s or no 190s. 20 aircraft just isn't enough to justify all the things that you need for a fleet type. I think the Baby Bus will take its place pretty nicely and do it at Category II pay scales.

01-29-2016 | 02:35 PM

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Hiring pool?

01-29-2016 | 03:30 PM

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What's the thought process here? Regionals are doing better than anticipated? Having trouble getting people to stay on it?

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The thing about the 190 is the pay.

Pay pretty low on it. In fact, an AB FO makes as much as a 190 capt in like year 4 or so. (Not to mention that the right sight pay is just an outright insult to all that is holy.)

01-29-2016 | 05:18 PM

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Yes but for how long? Delta has much better 190 rates, so I can see Parker probably not wanting to pay those rates when the next TA come around. Probably will be rid of them or some scope relief to fly them at the WO'ed.