Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1157829)

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1157859)

Spot on. You hit the nail on the head.

I don't want just big metal, I don't want just small metal. I want all of it with double breasted van admirals in the seats.

Originally Posted by Ball Breaker (Post 1157866)

Then what do we complain about? Hats and leather jackets:D

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1157721)

Scambo;
If true it would allow more 76 seat jets, possibly off property but flown by DAL pilots. It makes places like SKW effectively a wet lessor of airplanes. The DCI pilot groups need to agree to a staple, which if they are smart they will do immeadeatly since the alternatives are not good at all. I talked about this being an effective way to recapture scope,but maneuver out of these cpa's over a year ago. It helps us the Dal pilots, helps the company and offers a way for the DCI operators to morph out of their old models. i do not know if SKW would get the same deal because that would lessen the benefit of being Alpa,but who knows.

Interesting rumor. Source?

Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1157768)

The problem with all of this 717 and DCI acquisition/staple stuff is that it's all small jets. That's not growth. Big jets are growth. Show me some new 777s, 330s and 787s and I'll get excited. I was moderately aroused with the -900 order being that I fly that plane. Anything smaller is, ahem, ho hum.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1157770)

I heard it was that only if we open up to allow Republic to fly MRJ's as codeshare with our scope. I think they were offering a 15% 3 year extension to the contract. I heard it from the CPO.

Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1157806)

Actually, Johnso, IMHO, bringing smaller jets to the company and getting giddy is shortsighted. Do we want to become a regional carrier or do we want to play on the big playground? I understand where you guys are coming from. You are a product of the regionals. Yes, let us absolutely recapture our scope. But, no, let us not get comfortable with settling for that. Again, growing small is not growing big. We should shoot for growing big.

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1157896)

Look, first of all I called that rumor the weirdest for a reason, I think it is mostly unworkable, but with tht said: There are 2 aviation university programs that guarantee an interview at (the ASA wing of) expressjet. The new hire interview is (at least in large part) conducted by Delta (psych, cognitive, sim) at Virginia Ave, ASA pilots have, for a while, enjoyed most favored nation status at DAL when hiring fires up. Now, with DAL conducting a chunk of the interview, there are not a whole lot of pieces to put in place.

Sources: Multiple ASA pilots. Apparently they get this info from their flt ops chief at recurrent.

I know absolutely nothing else.

Originally Posted by orvil (Post 1157674)

I copied this from the Foreign thread. It was in response to Pprune no longer accepting posts from Etihad (EY) crew. EY has been banned from Pprune.

I thought this post might prove instructive as we begin to get into negotiations.

That was ten months ago. The grooming guide was such a farce that it had to be mocked. The mistake was the author was named on the board and EY used that as an excuse to go after all posters on Pprune. They do not like ANY negative comments posted as it affects recruitment so Internet Brands, the owner of Pprune, was threatened with legal action and they rolled over and divulged the identities of all the posters EY thought had been a thorn in their side.
Nobody was fired, a few were called in for "tea and biscuits" with the chief pilot, warned and made to apologize. The implied threat made all active EY posters be really leery about Pprune so most stopped posting and those who kept on toned down their posts, a good source of information is no longer available. I was a regular poster but only posted factual, or what I though to be factual, information, both pro and con. I also answered many PM's about working here, which all in all is not a bad place. However Pprune is no longer a source for us to exercise due diligence when trying to decide where to work.

Internet Brands also owns APC and there is nothing to stop for e.g. Delta, Fedex, CAL etc from threatening IB with legal action, and you can bet they will not hesitate to hand over any of your email address and or identities.

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1157896)

Look, first of all I called that rumor the weirdest for a reason, I think it is mostly unworkable, but with tht said: There are 2 aviation university programs that guarantee an interview at (the ASA wing of) expressjet. The new hire interview is (at least in large part) conducted by Delta (psych, cognitive, sim) at Virginia Ave, ASA pilots have, for a while, enjoyed most favored nation status at DAL when hiring fires up. Now, with DAL conducting a chunk of the interview, there are not a whole lot of pieces to put in place.