United 1st-Qtr Loss & Furloughs
04-25-2008, 09:12 PM
#61
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Originally Posted by StraightShooter
What are the chances that this book might have a sequel called :
The RJ Years Part 2 seats between 70-90
Then:
The RJ Years Part 3 seats between 90-100
I think there's a good chance that the majority of the domestic flights will be Embraer 170's, 190's and CRJ 700's, 900's and eventually CRJ 1000's.
Thoughts? Purely speculation...
The RJ Years Part 2 seats between 70-90
Then:
The RJ Years Part 3 seats between 90-100
I think there's a good chance that the majority of the domestic flights will be Embraer 170's, 190's and CRJ 700's, 900's and eventually CRJ 1000's.
Thoughts? Purely speculation...
04-25-2008, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by FliFast
Thanks Andy,There are some in every pilot group that "don't need the job" for various reasons..rich Uncle, side business, bow-legged show goat, etc. FF
Knowing you personally, I have to say I'm not surprised that you would come up with a "Bow-legged show goat"... You owe me a beer for that one because I just spit mine out laughing so hard.
Another FliFast famous line: "Does anyone here speak English?" (In Baku)
Sorry about the thread hijack... Please continue.
04-26-2008, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by dojetdriver
Because they can be.
I can't remember Gordon Bethune's EXACT words, something along the lines of "make a slice of pizza (or cheeseburger) bad enough and eventually nobody will buy it" Or something like that.
Well, that point has yet to happen to the airlines. Look at WalMart. A lot of the stores are dirty, service can be awful, they don't exactly have a stellar labor relations record, they come under increasing criticism for their operating practices, etc.
People STILL flock there to spend their money.
Little bit of thread drift, but as much as people like to complain about how the airlines are doing on the customer service level, they are getting EXACTLY what they have wanted.
I can't remember Gordon Bethune's EXACT words, something along the lines of "make a slice of pizza (or cheeseburger) bad enough and eventually nobody will buy it" Or something like that.
Well, that point has yet to happen to the airlines. Look at WalMart. A lot of the stores are dirty, service can be awful, they don't exactly have a stellar labor relations record, they come under increasing criticism for their operating practices, etc.
People STILL flock there to spend their money.
Little bit of thread drift, but as much as people like to complain about how the airlines are doing on the customer service level, they are getting EXACTLY what they have wanted.
04-26-2008, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Boneman
"If you are being rewarded for finding ways to make pizza cheaper, eventually you'll take the cheese off. You'll make it so cheap that people won't eat it." - Gordon Bethune
04-28-2008, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyboy8784
According to a couple of Airways guys on the hotel bus, A merger with United is going to be announced wednesday or thursday...
Both guys answered their phones about the same time and the first words out of there mouths were "Oh my god!....are you serious?!?!?"
Seconds words??? "Well....wouldnt mind seeing 74's and 777's on property"
Both guys answered their phones about the same time and the first words out of there mouths were "Oh my god!....are you serious?!?!?"
Seconds words??? "Well....wouldnt mind seeing 74's and 777's on property"
Which Wednesday or Thursday was this suppose to be, because it wasn't the Wednesday or Thursday that followed your posting???
04-28-2008, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB
God I hope not. Y'all at mainline don't you dare give up any more on scope. Next aircraft I fly with 90+ seats had damn well better be on a mainline seniority list.
Well said, you are one of the few people at the regional level that gets it, instead of pushing for E-190s and CRJ900s. The bigger airplanes you fly at the regional level, the longer you'll stay there. We need to get more flying back at the mainlines - I think we'll see that trend here in the near future.
04-28-2008, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JetFlyer06
Well said, you are one of the few people at the regional level that gets it, instead of pushing for E-190s and CRJ900s. The bigger airplanes you fly at the regional level, the longer you'll stay there. We need to get more flying back at the mainlines - I think we'll see that trend here in the near future.
04-28-2008, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Giggity
And the line of regional pilot wannabes goes out the door around the block.
Because it's the step before a major. Most pilots I fly with actually do understand that bigger so-called "RJs" are a bad idea. But don't blame the RJ pilots. They are not the ones who gave up the scope 10 or 15 years ago.
04-28-2008, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by saab2000
Because it's the step before a major. Most pilots I fly with actually do understand that bigger so-called "RJs" are a bad idea. But don't blame the RJ pilots. They are not the ones who gave up the scope 10 or 15 years ago.
Most, if not all of us cringed during the 70 seat giveaway starting in 2002. Even at the "regionals" where it carried a healthy pay increase to fly it, we DIDN'T want it. It was screwing up our careers JUST as much. Mainline pilots can cry all they want about who really messed this whole thing up.
Besides, it wasn't too long ago there there was a "line out the door and around the block" that contained BOTH civilian AND military pilots that were willing to go to work at a legacy for 30/hr.
05-04-2008, 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JetFlyer06
Well said, you are one of the few people at the regional level that gets it, instead of pushing for E-190s and CRJ900s. The bigger airplanes you fly at the regional level, the longer you'll stay there. We need to get more flying back at the mainlines - I think we'll see that trend here in the near future.
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