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04-13-2012 | 08:16 PM

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Wingtips

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Originally Posted by buddies8

Yes it is a little double speak from AMR/AE. Connot fly an airplane for your competitor but you can do everything else. If you can do everything else for your competitor except fly for them and still be owned by AMR, then what is this Divestiture all about before the BK.

This is what I want our crumb of a union to tell me. AMR could easily use the EXEC ticket once it parks the SJU ATRs in a year or less. They could move the planes now and use the Exec ticket to fly for other airlines. I know they want those Qs bad, they had a winning bid for sure last week, not sure the status now. I do not get it at all????

04-13-2012 | 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Fly782

LCH is great...

If we're talking about lousy Louisiana Eagle stations, BTR, as I recall, was not so great. However I have heard good things about their ground handling elsewhere. It's nice to see a good product being rewarded in kind.

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04-14-2012 | 03:10 AM

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LCH is great...

Still better than crappy Colgan rampers

04-14-2012 | 05:09 AM

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The same Colgan rampers will simply re-apply for their current jobs and become Eagle rampers. That's what usually happens. What might be different is how they are treated by Eagle.

04-14-2012 | 05:15 AM

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Does anyone have a logical reason why we can ground handle UAX but not fly for them as a UAX airline, for example using the Exec ticket?

Simple: Eagle is too expensive for UAL. United didn't actually MEAN it when they said they want to be the best in the industry...just the cheapest.

04-14-2012 | 08:57 AM

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The same Colgan rampers will simply re-apply for their current jobs and become Eagle rampers. That's what usually happens. What might be different is how they are treated by Eagle.

True, most will be hired by Eagle. However I think that Eagle hold their ops to a higher standard than Colgan ever has. This is just my opinion after spending the last 5 years seeing the 2 operations at work side by side.

04-14-2012 | 09:09 AM

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Simple: Eagle is too expensive for UAL. United didn't actually MEAN it when they said they want to be the best in the industry...just the cheapest.

we are industry average, no more than skywest on paper. After going through BK we will most likely be the cheapest, besides PNCL and maybe lakes.

04-14-2012 | 10:00 AM

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From: Gear Slinger

How did Expressjet benefit from Colgan going under? Increase in block hours?

04-14-2012 | 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Wingtips

we are industry average, no more than skywest on paper. After going through BK we will most likely be the cheapest, besides PNCL and maybe lakes.

You guys have to have the most senior regional pilot group out there.

04-14-2012 | 09:20 PM

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Reality

Eagle is the best @ one thing - losing bags.

Eagle lost more bags than United mainline last year, despite being significantly smaller. Luckily, the chart accounts for that in the bottom graph. And now United has hired them to bring their stellar performance to their customers too.

I'm sure Colgan is really bad too, though. Heck, all the regionals are bad . . . and AA.