Is that so you don't have to deny them face to face? Pretty weak if that's the case.

 

They have one A320 they have been using around SFO lately,

I've seen it taxi around the airport...

It's generally parked over at Signature.
Yesterday they had it over at the international terminal looked like A12 where KLM usually parks...

Also ground crews have been painting lead in lines from A-taxiway to the D gates at the closed center concourse.

something is in the works...


Cheers
George

 

Yeah if I was going to deny someone I would tell them why...to their face.

 

what do you think they will offer that is original besides lower fares because they pay their employees less?

 

that made me laugh, because the righties have done so well lately...

 

It was about $75 an hour below the norm for narrow body Captains until lowlife scumbag outfits like jetBlue came along and hired spineless dogs to fly for $129 an hour. Just like they are currently paying EMB Captains (a 100 seat airliner, BTW) $72 an hour. The Legacy wages were forced to come down to match by mangagement's use of the bankruptcy courts.

Non-union outfits like this are the bane of commercial passenger aviation. They initally make a ton of money on Euro subsidized Airbus leases and undercutting Union contracts. When the first 5 years are up, the good deal airplanes get sold off (see recent B6 news) and the "growth" that enticed the original cadre of spineless dorks into the Company stalls. About the 7th year, all they can hope for is a buyout (ala PeoplExpress) before the magician (Branson/Neeleman take your pick) folds up the tent and heads off for his next airline IPO.

Give VX or B6 pilots a ride to work? Don't make me laugh.

 

What they're going to offer is something along the lines of Albuquerque to Florence using only 1 airline and only having to make a profit for one organization, and no RJ's. So, better (roomier) aircraft, better service (Virgin hallmark) and no code share for international travel, even to a non-gateway European airport.

Sounds like it has potential to me.

 

Nope. I'll tell them to their face. Have, in fact. It gives me great pleasure, especially if its the last flight of the night to where they're going. I was just correcting the "impression" that my authority over the jumpseat as Captain could be circumvented by a gate agent.

 

Ironically, about half of the top ten guys in seniority at Virgin America are former Indy Air guys.

EDPM

 

I say original because I'm assuming they're going to be operating based on the virgin brand, have you ever flown on Virgin Atlantic? Hopefully they can find Virgin approved flight attendants too.