Did it smell like he passed gas? I ask because he was clearly letting the toothless wonder do the talking. That's simply crap. But I can see how it would be a very popular statement amongst the "we fly the same seats, pay us" crowd. (and I wish you luck in C2012, I really do)

Route on route, the break even is around 400NM. The 737's superior wing and -7B's eat the MD90's lunch, despite the smaller cabin and lighter weight of the MD90, if cruise lasts more than 40 minutes or so.

Not that I'm hating on the more comfortable Douglas POS. It just needed more development dollars than Douglas chose to spend on updating a 1950's vintage airfoil.

Does anyone know what the code RS is on Travelnet? Is this one of our regional carriers? When I click on the standby list is shows this code under carrier.

Thanks.

"regional elite services" .. the outsourced ground handlers.

If you are referring to double pay, its not misinformation, it was negotiated in LOA#20 dated 09 Feb 2010. I have highlighted the change in red for your benefit.

Amend Section 23 L. 8. and 9. as follows:
8. A rerouted regular pilot who is not scheduled to release within four hours of the
scheduled release of the last duty period of his original rotation, or within the
same calendar day of the last duty period of his original rotation, whichever is
later, (the “time limitation”) will receive single pay and credit (or the applicable
pay, no credit for a GS, GSWC, IA or IAWC) for the rotation as flown, plus
single pay no credit for any duty period(s) that extends beyond such time
limitation.
Exception one: If such rerouted pilot is not scheduled to release at his base within
such time limitation due to a circumstance over which the Company does not
have control (e.g., pilot’s origin or destination airport closed, weather on pilot’s
routing, mechanical on pilot’s assigned aircraft) he will receive only single pay
and credit (or the applicable pay, no credit for a GS, GSWC, IA or IAWC) for the
rotation as flown.
Exception two: The time limitation will be 30 hours for an international category
pilot when rerouted into, or while in, trans-oceanic operations.
Exception three: A rerouted pilot who is scheduled to be released at his base
beyond the time limitation will not be entitled to premium pay if he is again
rerouted for the purpose of releasing him at his base within the time limitation.

Can't be that Bar. The president of ALPA says RJ's are good for Delta and the industry. SWA is really missing out. :rolleyes:

Carl

Or it could be that AMR is struggling financially and still has a few assets it can encumber at relatively low interest rates. They have a ton of existing debt and limited cash flow compared to their peers. They might view this as an opportune time to strenghten liquidity with $3.20 per gallon jet fuel.

$10,000 bond for waking up a sleeping passenger? What is this world coming to? :confused:

Perhaps the 'assaulting a Federal Officer' came into play WRT the $10K bond. ;)

I think overall it helps us & the entire industry. One if the things that would plummet us right back to the red a lack of capacity discipline. With capacity discipline we can adjust fares to compensate for fuel costs. It should also help our stock price.

WRT the 50 seaters, it will help with that too. IMO management will cap out the 70/76 seaters regardless of fuel costs. As the 50 seaters become even less attractive due to rising fuel costs the industry will continue to remove them. When(not it) we hold strong on scope the end result will be less outsourcing.

Capacity discipline is VERY important.

+1

The same analyst I quoted earlier today was observing last year how gasoline refineries were losing their shirts because the oil price was high, demand for gas was still low - and they couldn't sell the gas for more money than it cost them to make it. Several refineries shut down, including one in Delaware City.

In the mean time, Oil contracts were again being bought en masse by - you guessed it - folks on Wall street. As he said it "Last time I checked, there weren't any refineries on Wall Street. But there used to be one in Delaware City."