NAI and the $65 (intro) US to Europe Fare
03-06-2017, 04:15 PM
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NAI and the $65 (intro) US to Europe Fare
Originally Posted by Extenda
I asked this in another NAI thread, just curious if anyone had any different thoughts. The legacies are making a ton of money, so why not just temporarily start competing service on the NAI routes with 757/767 for a lower cost ticket and eat the minimal loss? I am sure they can take the hit for a few months. Is that legal? feasible? why or why not?
Well for one the AA CEO and higher level execs are paid mostly in stock and their responsibility is to the shareholders. Dumping seats into a market would make the stock price decline and they'd make less money in the short term. Most of these management teams are short-sighted and not interested in taking a loss now to maybe pay off in the future.
Sucks for us who have 35 years left. I think we can check the international ULCCs as long as we don't lose cabotage protections.
03-06-2017, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mainlineAF
Well for one the AA CEO and higher level execs are paid mostly in stock and their responsibility is to the shareholders. Dumping seats into a market would make the stock price decline and they'd make less money in the short term. Most of these management teams are short-sighted and not interested in taking a loss now to maybe pay off in the future.
That is very true, and it does have one good effect: managers will not spend the vast sums necessary to replace even one pilot with a robot or remote link. The break-even point would not arrive until years later.
03-07-2017, 04:17 AM
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Why do yal bash NEDude? As a pilot at a US legacy I value his input. He's not advocating for us to lose our jobs, he's just giving us his perspective of how NAI has effected the our European counterparts.
He is also just pointing out that the NAI setup is legal under the open skies treaty brought to you by Bush 2.
The same guys mad at NEDude are probably republican voting union members. Lol but my guns!!!!!!
He is also just pointing out that the NAI setup is legal under the open skies treaty brought to you by Bush 2.
The same guys mad at NEDude are probably republican voting union members. Lol but my guns!!!!!!
03-07-2017, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by NEDude
Heard second hand information that they had over 400 applications for the 787 base in FLL, for a base that is supposed to have around 35-40 pilots. That is on top of the supposedly numerous European pilots who have dual US nationality or somehow have the ability to get the right to work in the States and want to go to FLL. No idea about the SWF or PVD bases for the 737 though.
03-07-2017, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by mainlineAF
Why do yal bash NEDude? As a pilot at a US legacy I value his input. He's not advocating for us to lose our jobs, he's just giving us his perspective of how NAI has effected the our European counterparts.
He is also just pointing out that the NAI setup is legal under the open skies treaty brought to you by Bush 2.
The same guys mad at NEDude are probably republican voting union members. Lol but my guns!!!!!!
He is also just pointing out that the NAI setup is legal under the open skies treaty brought to you by Bush 2.
The same guys mad at NEDude are probably republican voting union members. Lol but my guns!!!!!!
