Originally Posted by Superpilot92 (Post 959955)

why do random people look at others personal info on icrew? i dont get it :confused:

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 959899)

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

Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 959958)

Usually when someone looks at either my schedule or personal data they are either in my category or thinking of coming to my category and are around my seniority. Maybe they were thinking of calling you to see if you would swap a trip with them. There is usually a reason no matter how convoluted.

Or maybe it was just random.:)

Denny

Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 959958)

Usually when someone looks at either my schedule or personal data they are either in my category or thinking of coming to my category and are around my seniority. Maybe they were thinking of calling you to see if you would swap a trip with them. There is usually a reason no matter how convoluted.

Or maybe it was just random.:)

Denny

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 959864)

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.

Originally Posted by Superpilot92 (Post 959968)

But it tells you if they look at your schedule or if they looked at your personal data. I understand people looking at schedules but i dont understand why people look at your personal info. :eek:

Originally Posted by Ralphie (Post 959474)

I disagree, it confused the hell out of me.

Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 959668)

AMR has some pretty big plans up their sleeve.
Offers $1B in private secured notes.

American Airlines Announces Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes -- FORT WORTH, Texas, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Cheers
George

Originally Posted by Gearjerk (Post 959854)

What does this mean in the eyes of the "Deltoids"? More quickly reducing the amount of "gas guzzling" DC-9's, or accelerating the conversion of 50-seat leases into 70/76 seat options?

*Disclaimer- No, I'm not throwing out the "F" word, or think that the sky is falling. Just thought it was an interesting article (highlighted in red), and seeing as how the United/Continental bargaining position is to reduce the amount of 50-seat planes, am hoping this helps their position.

GJ




DALLAS (AP) -- United Continental Holdings Inc., the world's biggest airline company, scrapped its 2011 growth plans on Monday and said it will cut unprofitable routes because of rising fuel prices.


The airline also said it may remove less fuel-efficient planes from its fleet.


United said the amount of flying it does this year will remain about the same as last year. It had previously planned to grow as much as 2 percent.


Fuel has become into the largest single expense for most airlines. Flying less is one way they can offset it. Raising fares is another - and they've been doing that aggressively.


Over the weekend Southwest Airlines Co. joined a $10 increase started by other airlines on many domestic round-trip fares. Southwest's increase may have ensured success for a price hike by major airlines that seemed to be faltering. Southwest carries more U.S. passengers than any airline and wields great influence over prices.


It's the sixth time airlines have raised fares already this year. FareCompare.com CEO Rick Seaney says leisure travelers may now have to pay $260 for a ticket that cost $200 back on Jan. 1.


The airlines say they need the money.


"Fuel prices are up every week and the fare increases aren't keeping pace with fuel cost increases," Southwest CEO Gary C. Kelly told The Associated Press.


Kelly said Southwest is on pace to spend $1.3 billion more on fuel this year than last year. That's nearly triple the airline's $459 million net income for 2010, or about $15 per customer.


Kelly doesn't think higher fares are driving away customers. Southwest reported Monday that February traffic, measured in miles flown by paying passengers, jumped 13 percent from the same month last year. However, United Continental traffic fell 1.1 percent for the month.


Jet fuel prices have risen more than 50 percent in the past year to more than $3 a gallon, although most airlines have offset some of the increase through hedging - in effect, paying extra to lock in the top price they'll pay for some of their fuel.


The latest price increase started early last week. Delta Air Lines Inc. tried to raise many fares by up to $20 per round trip, but other big airlines sided with a $10 increase started by AMR Corp.'s American Airlines.


Southwest waited three days before matching American's move on Friday night. Other airlines had rolled back fare hikes on routes where they compete with Southwest and other discount carriers, but they revived the full increase once Southwest raised prices too, Seaney said.


Low-cost airlines JetBlue, AirTran and Virgin America also raised prices, virtually assuring that the increase will become permanent, he said.


There were only four broad price increases in all of 2010, and two of those occurred in December. The flurry of fare hikes so far this year mirrors the rapid rise in fares and fuel surcharges in early 2008, when oil prices were heading toward record levels. Oil prices have soared in the past three weeks, approaching $107 a barrel on Monday, because of unrest in the Middle East.


Delta and AMR Corp.'s American Airlines - second- and third-biggest carriers - had already announced smaller growth plans for this year. Flights that were profitable when fuel was cheaper can become money-losers at these prices.


United Continental said changes in its flying plans will include reduced frequencies, which means that a city that has two flights a day now could drop to one. It also said it will drop less-profitable routes altogether, and indefinitely postpone the start of flying in some markets.


Spokesman Michael Trevino said that includes a planned Cairo flight that had been due to start in May.


It said it will also look at removing some less fuel-efficient planes from its fleet, "and will be taking other cost saving measures." It did not offer details.


United Continental is in the process of merging those two airlines, giving it a chance to pick and choose which parts of the combined fleet it wants to keep.


Right now it has 354 planes with 50 seats. Planes of that size are out of favor with airlines right now because they spread fuel costs among fewer passengers. According to a filing last month, the company owned 18 of those and leased the rest as of the end of 2010, opening the possibility that it could park planes whose leases expire this year.


Also Monday, Frontier Airlines said second-quarter capacity would be flat, rather than a planned increase of 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent. Frontier, a unit of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., said it made the move because of the uncertainty of future oil prices, even though bookings are better than last year.