They did just run a vacancy displacement bid, mostly shuffling crews around. DFW ATR exodus, lots of NYC shuffling between JFK-LGA. I think there was a net upgrade of 2-3 CAs though!

 

Yea, I was just trying to see if anyone from the APA membership had any information of substance, as usual there was nothing there. Lots of b*tching about Eagle, but no solutions for the real problems.

 

The only thing you can say positive is maybe that under this AMR management, at least there's no mis-match in service quality between commuter and mainline.

And I wouldn't say Eagle is THE worst, but it's a competitor for that honor.

Rudderless on scope? Not by a long shot. The APA membership is absolutely solid on that. If there was ever a strike cause, that's it. The negotiated bottom line position I think will be status quo and let Eagle get sold (if anyone's stupid enough to buy it), or expire under it's own inefficiency. The real problem for AMR is the 100-140 seat void. Sometimes what they aren't talking about is more important than what they are.

 

Who would you say is the best in terms of regional carrier service levels?

 

The membership may be solid, but the leadership is wandering around the airport looking for a usable runway. Again, their rudderlessness has jeopardized success by creating many who advocate snapping the tail off just so they can scream victory as they spiral down to fatal impact.

The void you refer to isn't an issue. It's still too large to support profitable frequency against the competitions regionals who fly upwards of 70-76 seats. If it were viable, AMR would have kept the F-100's around............they didn't.

 

He's the wrong person to ask.

He believes the only good regional is the one out of business and biased people are poor sources for accurate and thoughtful information. Any service issues at Eagle have little to do with pilots. Baggage handling and scheduling are the two primary issues, so from a pilot performance standpoint it really doesn't matter, because it's generally out of our control.

 

That IS satire I assume......

 

Where did anybody say Eagle can get more CRJ's? Where is it? They were told they could exercise their option contract to buy more CRJ's.
There IS a difference between the two... if they actually have a valid option contract then the end result is the same and it would make no difference... However, that is not the case. For them to have a valid option contract it is OVER six years old, and would have had to have been "bought in" several times by now to keep it valid, and that would show as line items to retain unexercised options... they have never shown ANYBODY any option, so why are you so inclined to trust anythign AMR says?

no, Eagle has the right to exercise existing CRJ options IF they actually have them... Good luck.

No, I think they probably did have them, or were negotiating for them at one time... I just think the options expired long ago... and that this whole thing is just about as accurate as:

Eagle is for sale (nobody would have ever bought it with those restrictions - hence it never really was for sale)

Eagle will not be furloughing (per Peter Bowler December 2008)
followed by...
Eagle is furloughing in May due to being overstaffed (from what I hear you aren't)

Eagle is disadvantaged due to it high seniority workforce and management would like as many as possible to leave.... so:

They open the office of professional development to get senior capt's to leave

The offer an early buyout package

They negotiate a TA with APA, AMR, and ALPA to help Eagle CA's go to AA by providing stipend pay to make up for lost wages while a new hire at AA, but this falls apart when AMR WON'T show the CRJ options..... again !

They offer a second early buyout package to senior Captains

They say they can't afford two bases in the northeast only 180 miles apart so Boston will have to close.... then they open a Kennedy base right next to the still open LaGuardia Base... so, they still run two bases in the northeast... so, perhaps they lied yet again... especially since they told your negotiating team they would close BOS and LGA and run only JFK, or you guys could cave in and give them a codomicile agreement in New York and get to keep a base in Boston. Lies, lies, lies.... and more lies...

It's what AMR does.

which line of BS from your company do you want to listen to this week...

You go on listening to them though; it's done so much for your career so far hasn't it.

 

Cape Air. .

 

LOL !!!!!

Gee...........you seem to have it all figured out.

Congratulations.

BTW, my career is just fine, thank you.

You seem to have a real hard-on for Eagle, so my only remaining question is what has lead to all this anger and rage. Clearly, you're off the map in the "anti-Eagle" department, so there must be some reason.

Were you fired for cause or did you fail training ?

There HAS to be a reason for all this surgically applied verbal vitriol.