MarkVI

I'm well aware of the fact that Jim is the resource for building the amount of reserves we have into the system. But let's not pretend like he doesn't provide what Brookelen (her name's proper spelling, I just learned this) asks for. The grid is the way it is because of Brookelen's use of it. Of course if the grid is consistently red at 35-40% Jim is going to staff her with more reservists.
They're team members who work together to keep the current mode of scheduling in place.

MarkVI

What we're negating here is consumer fear. Consumers don't spend on discretionary goods when they're scared. That the virus has shut down our economy as it has, that it has been publicized to be as lethal as it has, that it doesn't discriminate between young and old as it has (rare, but it is killing children without preexisting conditions) will drive up consumer fear. I think the bigger problem isn't with circulating cash, it's with convincing a large part of the herd that it's safe to go outside. Perhaps that will be easier said than done.
But something tells me simply removing the stay at home orders will not get the job done...

Happyflyer

You know more about what carrier the capacity cuts will come from, or how big they will be system wide?

During your first 85% revenue cut rodeo you leaned how much capital spending it takes to move planes away from PSA and redeploy at another carrier, or you leaned how much the interest is on thier brand new 900s, vs letting another carrier take their 900's and do whatever they desire with them.

You've seen numbers that show you AA will have to fork out interest payments when Mesa's 900's sit idle when their contract expires?

Contract cost are 1 dimensional, and contract carrier cost go up when they reduce their fleet size. Even if Mesa has cheaper labor cost, to be lower out the door you'd have to throw in moving the planes over there, or idleing brand new ones with interest payments vs. letting Mesa shop a home for their planes no one needs.

You're on other forums suggesting a race to the bottomand to BK, like it's as easy as pushing a reset button with. The executives can easily loose control of the company, and any value of thier stock, if they reissue it.

Also you can't wash a labor contract by simply filling BK, it has to be part of a package a judge signs off on for the company to EXIT BK and still be solvent.

How can they Exit BK right now, with absolutely no info on revenue or passenger demand.

Right now if pilots flew for free the company would have to liquidate before it could reorganize down to 30% of itself without government bailouts. You are absolutely fear mongering, right now there is no cost point to achieve to be successful.

chrisreedrules

I know a great deal of things I don’t divulge on here in what is essentially a public forum. I didn’t say American will declare BK tomorrow. But the reality of taking the amount of loans that saving the AA operation will require will be nearly unrecoverable for the airline. Ed Bastian said some himself in his town hall yesterday. Regarding capacity cuts etc, I expect several thousand on the streets this fall from all the airlines including regionals. This will not be a, “V” shaped recovery. The demand isn’t simply going to bounce back.

Sky5

This event reminds me of 1986 when I was working on my instrument rating, I told an airline pilot I was going to become an airline pilot and I'll never forget his response. He said 'if you had your ATP right now you couldn't get a job, we have captains with thousands of hours walking the street'. It's not what I wanted to hear but he was right.

Varsity

Others or just PSA? To my knowledge PSA is the only pilot group that Envoy has ever had trouble with. Let alone more than once.

highfarfast

According to our latest union communication, they're working with us now. Let's let it drop for now.

buddies8

We shall see

Cujo665

So says the ALPA lawyers, who have been so successful for regionals over the decades.....
lots of bad feedback on a deal can often cause the company to sweeten the deal. Negotiations are NEVER finished until it's signed.

Cujo665

You have a short memory or just weren't here, and haven't bothered to learn history. That said, if the MEC's do not work together, and the pilots as well; what happened then will happen again as they pit one group against another.