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Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 636602)

Thanks for all the help on the Memphis living situation!

I posed the same question in the cargo section and it seemed to ignite a fire between the love it and hate it crowd. haha

Capn, are you moving to memphis by choice or were you displaced? I thought you loved Detroit?

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Originally Posted by DAL4EVER (Post 636495)

UAL won't die. Neither will LCC. This is how cabotage will come into fruition IMO. UAL is from BHO's backyard. In addition, their major hubs are in D.C. and SFO among others. You have Pelosi, Feinstein and the rest of the lot who travel them and have many constituents who are employed by them. The last thing they will do is let them die. What will most likely happen is a Chrysler type scenario. Lufthansa will agree to buy the assets of UAL, keep the hubs open and the government will do a supervised bankruptcy. In the end, they may come out ahead.

Whatever happens, I think cabotage is around the corner (5 years at the most). There are to many jobs and cities that would be devastated by a liquidation to allow a major to simply disappear. While good perhaps for the surviving carriers, I highly doubt the powers that control this country will allow this to occur. Between the scope battle on RJs and an AF takeover, we certainly have some major league threats to consider over the next few years.

As much as I don't wish any company to go out of business, I think the above scenario would be worse for this industry as a whole as opposed to letting UAL, or any other carrier, restructure on it's own.
I say that because instead of pilots having to negotiate with inept, out-of-touch Airline managers, we will have to negotiate with even more inept, and further out-of-touch politicians. I feel as though the line between ALPA National and the Politics of Washington would be further blurred and overstepped in this hypothetical scenario.

The scariest thing about the current economic crisis in America is that the basic rules or survival and success in the business-economics of our soceity have been so perversely manipulated that it has created so much uncertainty. Failing companies run by incompetent, selfish managers need to be reorganized and restaffed as opposed to bailed out by the taxpayers.

My three biggest fears are that:
1.) The government begins to bailout the airline industry while overseeing/managing the reorganization process.
2.) This whole United Airlines and Aer Lingus debacle begins to see even the slightest signs of fruition.
3.) Carnies, you know circus folk.

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 636487)

Dude, I like your posts, but that photo really creeps me out. If that's what you're trying to do - it's working!

Carl

Carl,

If I wanted to creep people out I would change my photo to this, and change my name to Mullen'sNephew.
http://www.engology.com/images/leomullins.jpg

Furthermore I would talk about how great the new terminal buildings up in BOS are and how I think that was a smart investment on Delta's behalf.

That is creepy. Ugh!

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Originally Posted by satchip (Post 636513)

Yes, I admit, I am a dumb bunny who can't spell lose.... To bad they don't teach you how to play football in Knoxville...

Now that's just plain mean :p

Anyone have any intel on the AE/Displacement Bid? When is going to be? Will we be bidding 2-3 new 777's and a couple of 737-700's?

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Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 636700)

Yikes! That brings back some really bad memories. But the BOS reference is spot on!:eek:

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Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 636699)

3.) Carnies, you know circus folk.

Smell like cabbage........small hands.:p:D

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 636549)

Honest question, how do you force the MEC not to put something on the table? Let them negotiate and then if scope was put on the table vote down the TA and recall or is there a better way?

How well has that worked for you in the past?

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Originally Posted by Tomcat (Post 636741)

Anyone have any intel on the AE/Displacement Bid? When is going to be? Will we be bidding 2-3 new 777's and a couple of 737-700's?

Heard from a CP that it will be late July or early August. AE for the 777 and more time in CVG for the MD-88/90 - I suppose they'll have to add time to both CVG and SLC for the new 90s.

This intel is about a week old and has more than likely been superceded. YMMV