ReadOnly7

The “lucky” ones got out.

Southern Fried

The only thing I am bitter about is how so many senior ASA pilots have benefited from the windfall of the ISL at the XJT pilots expense. I could care less about our callsign, but the vote of all of the employees made our name. I think it is far superior to ASA. As for the conference call, I don't remember, nor do I care.

I never said anything about the ASA MEC controlling the fate of the company. Through the Transition and Process Agreement, each MEC had veto power over any significant changes to the status quo. The denial of 175s to the XJT side was a continuation of the tactics employed by the ASA MEC to attempt to eliminate the XJT side of the company.

You like to make personal attacks and talk about things that happen to every regional as though it was a personal attack on you. And no, you don't deserve this job equally. Unfortunate events happen that we cannot control. Like furlough. I was furloughed after9-11 simply because of the flowbacks from CAL flowing back and displacing me to the street. I didn't take it personally and I didn't whine about it. Expressjet continued to grow during that time, despite over 300 of us being furloughed. So what? These things happen and you move on with your life and look toward the future. You can't control it, why whine about it? So no, none of us deserve this job equally. Fortune does not apply to each of us equally. Like you said, everyone is lucky. It just doesn't happen to everyone equally or simultaneously.

Now, instead of all of your noise about what could have happened and what eventually happened to the CRJ side of our company, how about those 175s? No answer for that?

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so what are the contenders on the rumor mill "awful news" coming?
a) Commutair XJT merger, seniority lists integrated by percentage not time.
b) Closure of EWR and/or TYS
c) Company "switching to PBS bidding"

any others?

Also, Why would C5 and EV merge? EV doesn't need their pilots, doesn't need the aircraft, and is lowering the amount of single-class flying out of EWR. It doesn't really make sense to me. I've been hearing that "it'll likely happen in a few years" ever since coming to EV.

HighWingingIt

D) closure of EWR/ORD for a “western” domicile

SeeYa

where do you people come up with this stuff

ReadOnly7

The closure of EWR actually has some potential to it. UAL wants dual-class service up there. Closing ORD? Meh......maybe?

StuckOnReserve

E) closure of EWR for 145 fleet consolidation at IAH. ORD maintains both types for a little bit longer


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200 pilots domiciled in EWR would quit the company. Including 12+ year CAs who have 4 weeks vacation per year, IE much more expensive than street captains they will be replaced by.
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good thing they're hiring 60-70 per month, it won't really affect operations. The company could shut down EWR and lose those 118 line holders without blinking.

DownInPetaluma

If that’s the case why not close everything and start over?

Cessna182TypeR

60-70 per month is just not happening. They’re currently attracting 7-10 a class (held on a weekly basis). That’s 30-40 a month... Not sure where you get your math.

The street captains aren’t showing up at the moment and there’s just not enough to go around like there was in times past with many carriers competing for the same talent and willing to throw down big money in bonuses to acquire them.

United wants these senior pilots to apply to be street captains at Commutair to fly old ExpressJet planes but at a cheaper rate. Much the same of what they do with the ramp workers at the outstations.

I’m sure some will do just that but I’m thinking the vast majority will try and bail for the likes of Jet Blue, Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant, Envoy and others from what I’ve been hearing. In the end United looses a lot of pilots feeding their operation.