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Old 07-13-2009 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by xtreme
Can't wait till the Bombardier C-series REGIONAL jet comes out.

"That is going to be one SWEET piece of ACE. I know from experience." "No you don't." "No no I don't, But a buddy of mine...Him and her GOT IT ON." No no they didn't." "Noo...but you can imagine what it be like if they did"

Ok it's late.



Geewwww!!!!
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Old 07-13-2009 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Phrog Phlyer
Saw this in the office today.
Pretty Bird !
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Old 07-13-2009 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by eaglefly
Pretty Bird !
Sounds good as long as I'm wearing an AA badge
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Old 07-13-2009 | 12:53 PM
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That's funny. Can't believe folks at EGL are still dreaming with the 170/190's....
I remember all that talk over there 6 years ago...
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Old 07-13-2009 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ERJ135
Sounds good as long as I'm wearing an AA badge
You will.But first YOU will hit the street first.
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Old 07-13-2009 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by A320Flyer
That's funny. Can't believe folks at EGL are still dreaming with the 170/190's....
I remember all that talk over there 6 years ago...
That's funny. I don't recall much talk over here about it then, except in passing. We had many smaller RJ's coming and the economics of the 50-seater had yet to collapse as fuel was relatively cheap. That's when AA started to furlough and no one here was fooling themselves about this airplane.

Look around now and Eagle is one of the few regionals that DON'T fly them. AMR cannot continue much longer with the current system and AA can never compete against other regionals with this aircraft, so now the dreams are back and soon AMR will make it a reality either thru negotiation or BK.

They have no choice, if they want to remain a going concern especially with their future debt problems.

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock.......................
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Old 07-13-2009 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by eaglefly
That's funny. I don't recall much talk over here about it then, except in passing. We had many smaller RJ's coming and the economics of the 50-seater had yet to collapse as fuel was relatively cheap. That's when AA started to furlough and no one here was fooling themselves about this airplane.

Look around now and Eagle is one of the few regionals that DON'T fly them. AMR cannot continue much longer with the current system and AA can never compete against other regionals with this aircraft, so now the dreams are back and soon AMR will make it a reality either thru negotiation or BK.

They have no choice, if they want to remain a going concern especially with their future debt problems.

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock.......................
It is not up to AA


Keep dreaming though...........

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Old 07-13-2009 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by AAflyer
It is not up to AA

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You're probably right. Most likely it will be up to either an arbitrator or a judge. Both look at the competitive landscape when making their decisions and the landscape for this class of aircraft is pretty obvious.

We shall see.

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Old 07-13-2009 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by eaglefly
Pretty Bird !
Will they be as pretty when you're flying them for $35 an hour GoJet competitive payscales?
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Old 07-14-2009 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Wheels up
Will they be as pretty when you're flying them for $35 an hour GoJet competitive payscales?
I heard the new catch phrase is 90-90-90 but am sure this is just a slogan. Pay would be equal to or higher than current CRJ-700 rates with a major focus on bringing FO pay up to 60% CA pay. Due to the extra costs inherent in APA's contract plus the costs of other employee groups, Eagle pilots could be paid exactly what APA's F100 pilots were paid and it'd still be cheaper to fly it at Eagle than AA.

In order for AA to remain competitive in an ever tightening market, they need to close that huge gap between 50 seat Embraers jets and 130 seat S80s. Twenty-five CRJ's doesn't do it.
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