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Old 12-15-2022 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by idlethrust
why would they want those old beat up things?
Whiskey would have to be crazy to buy those worn out POS . But crazier things has happened so who knows
The 900s average 16.3 years old. The AW 200s average 20.3 years. So, they got 4 years on them. In this business, an eternity.
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Old 12-16-2022 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by pangolin
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Well ask everyone at ExpressJet who claimed UAL was going to purchase the airline. It’s a dream. No way around the scope provisions in the FA contract.

Why would UA need Mesa? They own quite a few of the E175’s. Shop them to another regional or bring them in house.
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Old 12-16-2022 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by flynd94
Well ask everyone at ExpressJet who claimed UAL was going to purchase the airline. It’s a dream. No way around the scope provisions in the FA contract.

Why would UA need Mesa? They own quite a few of the E175’s. Shop them to another regional or bring them in house.
Have you read the entire FA agreement? I would not say it is impossible without having all the facts. I am not saying it is going to happen, but having worked on the M&A and bankruptcy side of this industry for many years, I have seen some very unexpected things happen that folks said never would.
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Old 12-16-2022 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Amg4me
Have you read the entire FA agreement? I would not say it is impossible without having all the facts. I am not saying it is going to happen, but having worked on the M&A and bankruptcy side of this industry for many years, I have seen some very unexpected things happen that folks said never would.
You could be right, but his point stands - it would be far simpler for UA to shop with the airframes it already owns rather than negotiate an acquisition.

I think.
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Old 12-16-2022 | 03:01 PM
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Can’t see why a UA FA would want to work a CRJ flight but if they do then what would be the harm?
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Old 12-16-2022 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by maxjet
Can’t see why a UA FA would want to work a CRJ flight but if they do then what would be the harm?
The harm would be operating a flight one is not qualified for.
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Old 12-17-2022 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Round Luggage
The harm would be operating a flight one is not qualified for.
Are you saying they can't be trained? Seems that is an easily solved problem just requiring some time. But I would think, using the scenario that UA acquires Mesa in a merger, the Mesa flight attendants become UA employees, as do the Mesa pilots, so there is no violation of the agreement, no new training required (while other than Indoc,), however, there is a problem of seniority that the Mesa employees are not going to like because they will be new hires at the bottom. That is something the unions would have to iron out.
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Old 12-17-2022 | 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Amg4me
Are you saying they can't be trained? Seems that is an easily solved problem just requiring some time. But I would think, using the scenario that UA acquires Mesa in a merger, the Mesa flight attendants become UA employees, as do the Mesa pilots, so there is no violation of the agreement, no new training required (while other than Indoc,), however, there is a problem of seniority that the Mesa employees are not going to like because they will be new hires at the bottom. That is something the unions would have to iron out.
Having a wholly owned is not the same as a merger SLI.
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Old 12-17-2022 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Round Luggage
Having a wholly owned is not the same as a merger SLI.
I absolutely know that, worked on the US Air/AA merger, the Sabre spin-off and for AA for on several projects, including its bankruptcy (not as an employee of AA but as a consultant). I am just trying to say that there are many possibilities of what might happen to Mesa, if anything, and I wouldn't rule out anything without being directly involved in the negotiations and understanding the details of all the various agreements.
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Old 12-17-2022 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by flynd94
Well ask everyone at ExpressJet who claimed UAL was going to purchase the airline. It’s a dream. No way around the scope provisions in the FA contract.

Why would UA need Mesa? They own quite a few of the E175’s. Shop them to another regional or bring them in house.
The only way it happens is bringing them in house. Fillin the rest of the blanks.
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