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Old 02-01-2010 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lcamp2100
We once had over 810 aircraft - we're now down to 593 and still shrinking. 80s are being parked faster than 73s coming online. We also have the longest time to upgrade of any legacy carrier and upgrades are getting longer. Latest Captain upgrade was a '92 hire. And we also have more guys over the age of 60 than under the age of 40 - this while furloughing. And we still have the BA/Iberia AI to look foward to. Not the career most of us had hoped for I'm afraid - very much a job these days..
If you think thats bad, your lucky you are not a UAL employee. Worst one out there!
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Old 02-01-2010 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Lcamp2100
We once had over 810 aircraft - we're now down to 593 and still shrinking. 80s are being parked faster than 73s coming online. We also have the longest time to upgrade of any legacy carrier and upgrades are getting longer. Latest Captain upgrade was a '92 hire. And we also have more guys over the age of 60 than under the age of 40 - this while furloughing. And we still have the BA/Iberia AI to look foward to. Not the career most of us had hoped for I'm afraid - very much a job these days..

I guess it could be worse, Crandall wanted to rid AMR of the airline units, may be he still gets his wish.
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Old 02-01-2010 | 08:02 PM
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Maybe they're trying to "right size" UA/AA for the mother of all mergers.

It would kick ass.
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Old 02-02-2010 | 09:51 AM
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Arpey is trying his best to disprove the notion that high fixed cost structure entities like mature network airlines can not shrink their way to profitability.

He's convinced the CFO of this as well.

Profitability has become the white whale to Arpey's Ahab.

Damn the cost, he will obtain it.
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Old 02-02-2010 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SOTeric
Maybe they're trying to "right size" UA/AA for the mother of all mergers.

It would kick ass.
Looks like the stars have already started to align for a CAL/UAL merger. DAL/NWA has already happened. The only legacy dance partner left is USAir.

(You wanna talk Monsters, imagine SWA/AA merger, holy hell that would be huge. Good thing it will never happen and the two companies are at complete different ends of the spectrum in terms of culture)
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