AA and LCC settled suit
11-12-2013, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Stetson29
The settlement wil result in the new American operating 44 fewer DCA daily departures than the 290 that American and US Airways currently operate. At LGA, 12 fewer daily departures than the approximately 175 collectively operated today.
Included are eight DCA slot pairs that American currently leases to JetBlue and five LGA slot pairs that American leases to Southwest.
Included are eight DCA slot pairs that American currently leases to JetBlue and five LGA slot pairs that American leases to Southwest.
11-12-2013, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by scambo1
It'll be interesting to see what sort of divestitures had to happen to get this through and which airlines will be the beneficiaries of those divestitures.
So...what's the next consolidation scenario?
So...what's the next consolidation scenario?
11-12-2013, 11:16 AM
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So with all these divestures of LGA and DCA flying, what does that mean for the combined pilot group of nearly 15,000 pilots? I think the writing is on the wall for the airline being "overstaffed" once the merger is done and the slots divested, despite the retirements (which don't begin in large numbers until 5 years from now).
11-12-2013, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
So with all these divestures of LGA and DCA flying, what does that mean for the combined pilot group of nearly 15,000 pilots? I think the writing is on the wall for the airline being "overstaffed" once the merger is done and the slots divested, despite the retirements (which don't begin in large numbers until 5 years from now).
11-12-2013, 11:58 AM
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According to the ToHo/Parker memo, most of the routes we have to divest will be RJ routes. I've suspected for a while that we were basically just banking some of those slots as bargaining chips, sending RJ's out to who cares destinations. The consolidation might slow hiring somewhat but I'd expect it to continue.
11-12-2013, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by texaspilot76
Those slots are just a p*ss in the pot for the whole operation. It's about as miniscule as taking one grain of sand out of an entire pail full. The will reallocate those resources to other hubs most likely anyway.
RAH's operation will hopefully be downsized as well.
11-12-2013, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
So with all these divestures of LGA and DCA flying, what does that mean for the combined pilot group of nearly 15,000 pilots? I think the writing is on the wall for the airline being "overstaffed" once the merger is done and the slots divested, despite the retirements (which don't begin in large numbers until 5 years from now).
11-12-2013, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
So with all these divestures of LGA and DCA flying, what does that mean for the combined pilot group of nearly 15,000 pilots? I think the writing is on the wall for the airline being "overstaffed" once the merger is done and the slots divested, despite the retirements (which don't begin in large numbers until 5 years from now).
Worry about your own airline. The writing is on the wall.
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