more like they buy the a320 operation spin off the e190 and let republic buy them.
they dont have a union and only have ( if not mistaken) a 5 year individual employment contract with JB.

 

The rumors run wild over here. I have heard every carrier from Spirit, VX, AA, US, DL, SWA are going to merge with us. Not much different than being at Eagle and hearing rumors of Skywest, Republic, etc going to buy the company!


True, no union and a flimsy Personal Employment Agreement that automatically renews every 5years. Anything could happen. It definitely isnt for the faint of heart, but I'm young and willing to roll the dice.

 

I've been trying to get on since 2000 with JB... Still not a peep!!!! I keep updating though.

 

What do you make of the recent JB agreement with management about mergers, alter-ego carriers, and 50 seaters?

 

Anyone know why we haven't seen any vacancy emails in the last few months? And by "know" I mean wild and outlandish ideas.

 

There was a little rumoring (read: wild and outlandish) at the lounge and people have posted numbers but nothing official. Might be quiet some time...

 

We still have people waiting for upgrade training from the last vacancy bids. The new TA they are trying to pass has allot of changes to reduce truing cycles and people moving around so it's beneficial for the company to wait for a vacancy bd until it absolutely has to. Right now the movement at AE is predicated on what happens at AA, since they are having to slow recalls our upgrades are slowing as well. Right now there is no need for a vacancy bid (pilots can use one but the company doesn't need it), not having a vacancy bid has no effect on upgrades since there is a waiting list. But when there a vacancy bid I think you will see a huge number of ATR pilots jump to the Jet at the first available slots. I think you will see a need for ATR pilots soon, in Dallas there are almost 2 times the FOs as there are lines, in Miami they are extremely short. (like 5 guys on reserve) So either they displace allot of pilots or they do another vacancy bid for guys to move to the Jet. The Dallas to Miami TDY was a failure this month (company messed up) so things will be interesting.

 

Dont forget they can start parking ATR's in 2012. They are timing out.They way negotiations are going, I see this happening sooner than later.

 

It's not that they can start parking ATRs in 2012. The form 10 that AMR filled with the SEC states that AMR can bid unto 12 Turboprops a year starting next year. EVERYONE knows that they ATRs were going to start being parked for years because they are approaching heavy checks that are not economical to do, it's cheaper to buy a new aircraft in the long run. AMR has negotiated with Bombardier and ATR for a prop replacement aircraft. The problem is that AA pilot scope allows less than 40 turboprop aircraft and specifically ATR with less than 70 seats. If AMR buys Q400 you would think they would want to get the most out of that aircraft and buy more than 40 (have it do flying that the ERJ is doing right now). The ATR can be brought in over night since it would only require difference training, the Dash-8 is a different story. We have to wait and see what happens with AA SCOPE. For right now the ATRs are getting new paint jobs, and the ATR lines in Dallas got a large boost in block hours. But you are correct the ATRs are approaching their life cycle.

 

What's the latest with the EMB-135's and 140's? Are they heading to the desert anytime soon as well or do they still have a few more years left?