West coast base for RAH!!
 

I'm the lasssstt person to start rumors but according to a very reliable source, because of the success with RAH doing Spokane routes and a downsize of the 73 lift for United in the fall, they (United) is looking at expanding more west coast routes with RAH and a possible SFO domicile is in the works. They even said they (RAH) has been recruiting in LA for FA's already. Can any of you RAH guys validate this?

EDIT: Just realized this was posted in the wrong section. Move it if will be.

Why are you excited about this?

Why, should I be?

Why is this posted in the Majors section? RAH is a disease regional and it should stay in the other section.

This is the the same guy with a "Guppy Killer" sticker on his flight kit.

"HOORAY! We're replacing more mainline jobs!"

Be careful what you say about RAH. They will buy you and outsource you.

Who are you talking about? Who had a sticker like that?

The guy who started a thread with exclamation points at the end who was all excited that "because of ... a downsize of the 73 lift for United in the fall" RAH is going to get a West Coast base.

Congrats! And you're right, this couldn't have been placed in a worse section.

Thank God that most RAH pilots aren't so excited about benefiting from the demise of others.

Agreed! Get the scalpel and cut it out! :D

MODS, please get this out of the Majors Forum.

RAH is not at all a part of the "major" grouping.

Whooaa slow down skippy. I benefit the LEAST if RAH succeeds in their "takeover of the world". I suggest you get your facts about me straight about me first before you judge.

forgive me for being jumpy. Perhaps you should express your dismay so those exclamation points didn't seem so rejoiceful. I wasn't the only one who thought you were excited.

EDIT: terrible engrish

Lies, all lies. No west coast base. Who is your source? By the way, like it or not RAH is moving toward a "traditional" major. You may not like how they are doing it, but it is happening.

No problem. I should have expressed my self better, also I should have posted this in the right section (I was in the majors section by accident when I posted, chalk that up to old age) I am the least bit excited about this. What the hell is Tilton doing over there?

If you were upset by this, I would suggest changing the title of the thread from "West coast base for RAH!!!!" to "This sucks, more mainline flying being replaced................."

Touche' my brother. Nonetheless, Why is it that mainline flying as we know it seems to be eroding in front of my face? seriously, something has to be done or all of us domestic flyers will have to scrap and scrape for any international flying left.

Are you drunk? This is a lot of incoherent rambling. :confused:

Many have tried (well, a few), none have succeeded. Although COEX still seems to be hanging in there.

Transforming from a fee-for-departure, wet-lease airplane shop into an actual airline isn't as easy as it seems. Apparently selling your own tickets and turning an actual profit seems to be rather difficult.

But come on in. The water is fine (pay no attention to all the blood in it). It's a great business that you'd be crazy not to invest billions in!

When using 50 seat RJs, anyway...

But you're right, evidently its not that easy to sell your own tickets and turn a profit...even with planes larger than 50 seat RJs. Just ask UAL/AAL/DAL/SWA/FNT/MEH/etc...

Time will tell

Why don't you just ask your brother?

:eek:

Actually, the closest scheme I can think of that mirrors what RAH appears to be lining up to try is the whole "Independence Air" debacle, and for much the same reasons . . . i.e., United not looking like the "sure thing" it once was.

Independence had lots of money, Airbus', and lots of CRJ's. Fast forward a year and you had a bunch of good people on the streets.

I'm no expert, and I have no dog in this fight. It's just the odds of starting a successful airline are always pretty slim, whether it be pure "start up" from scratch or a bite the hand that feeds you strategy. I'd hate to see the pilots of Frontier get hosed.

Yea, especially in this economy. Anyway... here's the moment of zen

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/...841e46241e.jpg

Burn baby burn...

Actually, fast forward about 20 months. But I see what you're saying, sucked.

Congratulations. You're everything Skybus wanted to be and more.

Just more crappy tactics by UAL management who have outsourced my job.

I'm lucky....I didn't go back during final recall two years ago. Had I gone back, UAL would have outsourced my job once again (original classmates now on second furlough).

Enjoy SFO on your regional pay. I had a difficult time there on mainline pay. One of the most expensive cities in the country...should be fun!

GP

"How do you make a little money in aviation? Spent a lot."

"What makes a plane fly? Money."

I always loved these quotes, should be the first thing taught at a flight school.:cool:

Hell yeah I'm excited! Can't wait to watch an RAH pilot try to afford a place to live out there. Even in the midst of a recession, the real estate prices out there are killer!

Is it just me or is that a pretty cool looking paint job!? I think the airlines need to start looking at the happiness of their employees, better pay, better benefits, even something like painting the planes with a cool paint scheme so the pilots actually ENJOY getting on the plane and flying it would produce OUTSTANDING results! Happy employees result in happier passengers and therefore better business!:)

You're right. Southwest pilots get to fly that NBA plane and provide a slam dunk service.

No pun intended :)

Opinions vary. And it's weird, once in a while people will find a pic of a former I-Air plane that is now in service somewhere else in the world. Most, if not all are CRJs. Many of them still have the blue and white scheme with the new operator's logo placed somewhere on it.

This is really disgusting. When the I-Air was announced and the name on the certificate was changed over, they did a survey of what the new call sign should be.

Believe or not, one of the finalists was "bubbles". Must have been some less than straight person at the head shed that came up with that one.

Ha

What about "Spirit wings"? Might as well be spirit fingers...

Ever heard of commuting?? Word has it that hubs make good commutable bases.

Wow you just cracked the code! Cool paint schemes equals better business. And it was under our nose the whole time...

Something about a shiny jet huh?

Yeah, XJT tried invading the GEG market too. The lasted 18 months or so. Good luck.

You don't know much about the SFO/ATC weather cabal, do you? Better plan on getting there the day before your trip starts or keep a car at Oakland. :)

Absolutely...................."PAVE THE BAY!"

Nicely done, first class thread Hijack! Lets start one about how crappy RAH is and what loosers thier POS pilots must be for agreeing to flying airplanes for more money then they were making pre 2003 contract.

Oh never mind just use the search feature there are a ton of these posts. Sorry this must be a duplicate.

Well, for my part, any RAH guys or gals good luck getting a jumpseat on my flight you will not get on and you can take your little whiny complaints to your trucker union or Brian Bedrock, or Jebus or whomever but you are not welcome ever, ever, ever, ever!

And that's helpful, constructive, or professional how again?