Meaning if it stays unchanged from today then they will flat out have to hire, yes?:D

Knowing our government, they probably made them give a slot each to JB, SWA, and AT.:rolleyes:

So why doesn't Delta do the hiring? This flow thu is jacked up. Delts should hire delta pilots.

The bottom line is that it all depends on whose lobbyists are in the pockets of the administration. DC inside baseball...and it looks like our team doesn't have enough fire power.

I agree. I am tired of the genersl statements of only a few commute out of necessity. How many bases have closed over the years. Just on the last AE JFK 777 closing, DTW 777 opening CVG767ER going away SLC 320 OPENING MSP MD88 opening ATL 765 downsized etc. So I guess the pilots have caused all this should either move to base or down bid to avoid commuting, I say bull crap!!!! And ther are going to be more base changes in the future. We need a good comuting policy bottom line!!!!
Don't worry it will happen because they are creating a commuting nightmare and too many folks will not make it to work. Look out reserves you are going to be flying your tails off.:D

As a strange coincidence, AMR hired former Secretary of Transportation explaining to JAL that ATI could not be obtained. Said lobbyist, no doubt, helped the trans-Atlantic ATI through for oneworld.

And if I was super-cynical, I'd say he might have had a few notions about our LGA-DCA slot swap to share with DOT. Assuming he could get past the JetBlue people at the door.

I hope we start playing politics a little better.

I understand the NW team was known for excellent defensive politcs, and fending off competition. I'd like to see some of that defense right now.

I agree. I wish there was a way to get the a/c on mainline property. Compass doesnt do anything for itself. Delta does most of our HR and payroll functions. We aren't paid a fee for departure, we are simply given a budget to operate for the year from delta. Why not just have delta do the hiring for compass too.

Right on brother. I have posted many times thatyou are only as good as your weakest link and for us it is our contract carriers. I have personal friends that fly Airtran because of the service of DAL contract carriers plus they don't like the 50 seat jet. I hate the fact that I get bombarded by customers about the crappy service of our contract carriers.Get it back in our house so we can control it and give the customer the service tey deserve. SCOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A little connection with the White House helps...
How many people does AMR employ in the ORD area?

Regional Airlines are just the "back door" way of implementing a "B" or "C" scale.

Shame on the UNIONs for not picking up on this in the early years and nipping it in the bud. A mainline carrier should be able to hire their own pilots and fly their own airplanes (unless they want to dilute their product). With regional airlines competing for contracts and "hungry" pilots hunting for flight-time and experience, unethical Regional airlines will do anything to lower their costs to capture the contract.

In an economic standpoint, CASM drops with MORE seats on an aircraft; hence it is more economical to fly larger aircraft on a specific route. The only reason a CRJ900 is flying ORD to LGA is because the lower crew wages allow it to be barely economical.. (as oil rises again, bigger airplanes will come into play)

TYG