Managements' wet dream, it is!!


TEN

 

Had a buddy send me the same table, however chose not to post it.
Few more days and we'll all know exactly what this proposed TA has in it.

Not worth get all hung up on rumors and conjecture.

 

I couldn't decide either. In the end, if it is the correct table, I was hoping for more for the DAL pilots.

 

Yeah, you got my vote there.
I think most are more concerned with section one scope.
We can always negotiate hard for better compensation, but once we "give away" jobs there gone for good. (moreorless)

 

My goad guys. FTB made that chart the first day the TA came out. It was sent to the UAL MEC and then it came official.

 

I believe you!

 

It's absolutely hilarious that a chart that ftb made on one of the rumors is "official."

 

Ed says at 19:50:

"The third area of non fuel opportunity that we have is the continued elimination of unprofitable aircraft, particularly small gauged aircraft, the fifty seat aircraft and one of the opportunities that we will have gong forward and one of the reasons we announced the deal and we did the deal with our pilots is to give us flexibility to continue to move along those lines to reduce more small aircraft flying. More to come in the next few months ... .

In addition listen at 30:20, during the Q&A

"I would not say less reliance, I would say different reliance. We are going to reduce the number of shells that we have in the regional space and that is really being driven by economics as well as customer preference. There is a strong preference for the mainline aircraft across our customers and we will be changing the mix as we move forward of the regional space, but I would not say we are reducing reliance. It may be a bit less, but it is still going to be a very significant contributor to our airline."

The Q & A response was a bit more forthcoming. "not less reliance, different reliance" with a "reduced number of shells." That's up-gauging with both the largest most advanced RJ's and probably even some mainline.

But again I stress, the 50 seater was a replacement for a 35 seat turboprop which happened to have the legs and cost structure to enable it to also reach up to nail 727 flying. Aviation historians not how the 767 pretty much pushed the 747-200 out of the Atlantic market.

ALPA's telling people my numbers on CASM are wrong according to Delta management. Fine, my numbers were what Delta reported to the DOT and then correlated by Southwest Airlines reporting on the 717's. However, the numbers are close enough to tell the story. A Next Gen CRj 900 is easily competitive with a 717. Just look at which airplane sold better, even though the RJ is a whole hell of a lot more expensive to acquire.

 

I did not have the heart to say anything until now. I did have a UAL MEC member forward me it. I had to call him and tll him where it came from. He dropped the phone.

FTB is just that good.

 

The sad part is that they seem to be thrilled about it since its so much more than their rates!