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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1705005)

We did not have a joint PWA with Compass. Neither did Continental and Express, or Ransome and Pan Am.

I am not sure what the advantage to a single MEC might be, but some might say it clouds the issue of "class and craft" should an express carrier seek a merger with a mainline carrier via a petition for Single Transportation System finding.

Wasn't Ransome put on the Pan Am list?

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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1705126)

Steve Dickson wrote an All Pilots Memo saying the PWA no longer applies with regard to some things. One of them is domicile layovers. Didn't you get the memo?

http://gentlemint.com/media/images/2...05x650_q85.jpg

That was corrected in a subsequent email....

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1704974)

http://www.moose135photography.com/p...58_VGJpX-L.jpg

I have said for several years that, at some point, this will be our livery (and all that implies).

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 1704973)

I have worked for three different airlines and this is the only one where I have ever found myself at a layover with no hotel assigned and no way to get a hold of anyone without sitting on hold for an hour. The irony in this is that this is by far the best company I have ever worked for. That tells me that these situations should not happen. Our system needs fixed. The company that runs crew accommodations needs to be replaced, and these jobs need to be brought in house.

Last month, ended up in D.C. @ midnight with no hotel during an IROP. No way to get crew accommodations... no hotels to be found... finally hopped a hotel bus to crystal city and walked door to door asking for two rooms... ended up putting $800 on my credit card for mine and my FO's rooms.

Wrote it up and told Chief next day, I will never push again without rooms on the rotation... no more promises that it will be done by the time we get there.

Turned down 3 late night GS offers last Friday because I was not about to repeat the above. (From what I heard about this after, sounds like I made the right call. Btw, all 3 flights cancelled due to lack of pilots.)

They need to fix this crew tracking/accommodation problem ASAP!

As much as it pains me to say it, looks like a 717 base for NYC. Just announced on Twitter: Shuttle operations to be moved from the Marine air terminal to terminal C at LGA and will be operated by the 717.

So much for a west coast base

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1705017)

Not sure either.

Carl

To hasten our demise, without selling the farm in the process. Our bankruptcy contract wasn't the end of the concessions here, and the EtD/Bridge agreement are just the beginning. ALPA will do anything to keep this 9E thing going.

Yeah the crew activity statement is back!

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Originally Posted by Erdude32 (Post 1705265)

On DeltaNet as well. But only mentions BOS-LGA on 717, DCA and O'Hare are still 175s.

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1705276)

On DeltaNet as well. But only mentions BOS-LGA on 717, DCA and O'Hare are still 175s.

I bet we see all the shuttles move to the 717. The west coast 175's from LA-SF-LA and SEA-SF-SEA are always late and/or canceling. I bet we still see the 717s on the left coast if the regionals can't find people. Mainline needs the feed to Sea and LA for the Intl stuff.

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Originally Posted by cni187 (Post 1705290)

Although I think the west coast stuff will be up-gauged and/or some frequency cut out, I don't think a 717 would perform any better than the 175s are because the schedule that the airplanes are expected to fly from 06:00 to midnight is just absolutely insane. Nothing longer than a 30-40 minute turn the entire day...what could possibly go wrong?