United now seeks new narrowbody aircraft bids

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12-09-2009 | 05:21 PM

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They'll buy whatever they can most effectively have a regional airline fly for them.

12-09-2009 | 05:29 PM

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With all this United stunting and fronting about buying new narrow or wide body jets (of which they have no money to do so), I think its safe to say that nobody is taking them very seriously.

12-09-2009 | 05:29 PM

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I know there was talk about the "narrow" bodies last year. There is another thread about that. I just think they are trying to blow smoke somewhere, so they can get everyone excited, and then ask for a crappy contract to get signed. "You can have shiny new airplanes, and bring your fellow pilots back, if you just keep flying for crappy wages."
I can't vote,and I am furloughed, but DON"T DO IT!!! Get the rates up, the freezes off, and maybe a "longevity" since hired even if furloughed. What, a man can dream can't he?

12-09-2009 | 07:38 PM

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They'll buy whatever they can most effectively have a regional airline fly for them.

If it's over 70 seats, the regionals won't be flying them. Period.

12-09-2009 | 07:42 PM

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SBD, completely off-topic, but how have you found working for Amtrak? Just lookiing at it as a possible backup, reading online seems like quite a different work environment, but perhaps moe stable.

12-09-2009 | 07:53 PM

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they are going to get boeing aircraft so the merge with CAL will go smoothly since they operate an all boeing fleet.

12-09-2009 | 08:44 PM

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If it's over 70 seats, the regionals won't be flying them. Period.

Should be:

If it HAS seats, nobody but United Airlines pilots will be flying them. Period.

12-10-2009 | 03:17 AM

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SBD, completely off-topic, but how have you found working for Amtrak? Just lookiing at it as a possible backup, reading online seems like quite a different work environment, but perhaps moe stable.

Use the search function, and look at some of my posts. There was a thread somewhere about it. I don't want to take away from this subject.

P.S. I see they are now looking for an engineer for Chicago.

12-10-2009 | 03:21 AM

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With all this United stunting and fronting about buying new narrow or wide body jets (of which they have no money to do so), I think its safe to say that nobody is taking them very seriously.

Well, it is a good thing you are not working at Boeing or Airbus...because with that attitude, you would have "not taken seriously" a $10 billion order between the two companies and passed up options for 100 more Heavy's.

They will be taken seriously and get an excellent price.