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-   -   Official: Eagle to be divested (https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/regional/60818-official-eagle-divested.html)

Luv2Rotate 07-20-2011 02:16 PM
Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 1025879)
Are you crazy dude?! 14% of your fleet consists of 37 seat RJs, 21% of your fleet consists of 44 seat RJs, and 42% of your fleet consists of 50 seat RJs! In total, 77% of your fleet consists of RJs with 50 OR less seats. You're insane to think ANY major/legacy carrier wants 37 or 44 seat RJs. The 50 seat RJ market is already saturated and heading for the desert, I don't know what you're smoking to think your 37 and 44 seat RJs can offer to other carriers.
This is true, especially with fuel costs. Carriers are looking to CRJ 7/900's and expect to see more Q400's flying those ERJ 145 routes.

Boomer 07-20-2011 02:17 PM
Originally Posted by Mason32 (Post 1025677)
once spun off, and with the recent DOT authorization for anywhere there are open skies agreements; Eagle already is a member of the one world alliance...

...order larger E190 or C-series and operate them on the code share and stand alones...

With the larger C-series or E190's they could even interline with AA for their same routes they do now... just like AA did with jetBlue.
I know I'm as far as they get from being an optimistic regional pilot. That said...

When Britney Spears dumped Kevin Federline, he probably thought he could go out and nail other rich, beautiful, sleezy superstars.

Walkeraviator 07-20-2011 02:17 PM
So should I pass on the interview I was offered at Eagle today?

Cruz5350 07-20-2011 02:27 PM
Interview and if you get the job then decide.

minimwage4 07-20-2011 02:58 PM
Originally Posted by Walkeraviator (Post 1025902)
So should I pass on the interview I was offered at Eagle today?
I would not get too excited over the AA number. You're more likely to be furloughed at Eagle now. The math doesn't add up with 40 and 50 seat RJs. It did up till now because American had to subsidize them. Now it looks like that will come to an end.

RJ Pilot 07-20-2011 03:06 PM
Originally Posted by minimwage4 (Post 1025918)
I would not get too excited over the AA number. You're more likely to be furloughed at Eagle now. The math doesn't add up with 40 and 50 seat RJs. It did up till now because American had to subsidize them. Now it looks like that will come to an end.
You have no clue what you are talking about.:rolleyes:

astec 07-20-2011 03:23 PM
Also curious about a few posts above... If I'm offered a class date, do I pass on it? Say in the next week or three?

SATCFI 07-20-2011 03:36 PM
Originally Posted by minimwage4 (Post 1025918)
I would not get too excited over the AA number. You're more likely to be furloughed at Eagle now. The math doesn't add up with 40 and 50 seat RJs. It did up till now because American had to subsidize them. Now it looks like that will come to an end.
Not sure why so many people think the 50 seat limit was an Eagle thing. That is pure AA, and it will stick! No one will fly feed for AA with anything more then that. Unless by some miracle the AA pilots give that up, and I do NOT see that happening!
Especially since a big part of that 460 plane order was for 260 airbus, with 124 seat Airbus 319's one of the three Airbus models being purchased.

galaxy flyer 07-20-2011 03:38 PM
AA subsidized the small jets because they added "feed" to the mainline. If the divested AE has to stand on its own and bid, at a profitable price, with 37 to 50 seat RJs they might be "underwater" pretty quickly. It's hard to make money on small jets if you are not getting a premium price. AA is not divesting AE to increase their costs--TAKE THAT TO THE BANK.

Take the AE offer? Up to you, but this business can change on a dime.

GF

JustAnotherPLT 07-20-2011 03:43 PM
Originally Posted by astec (Post 1025935)
Also curious about a few posts above... If I'm offered a class date, do I pass on it? Say in the next week or three?
I'm sorry to use you as an example but it's post like this that floor me. Why would you ask people on an anonymous board whether or not you should take a job?! Do you have another job lined up? Are you at a better place than Eagle now? If you answered no to either of these questions then you are not ready to work for the airlines. In this industry you need to make your own decisions and not from a webboard.


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