Something more relevant for us than rumoured a/c and fleet plans:

http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2016/08/11/why-southwest-airlines-is-warming-to-codeshare-and.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

SCOPE-SCOPE-SCOPE-SCOPE....

SCOPE!

08-12-2016 | 07:36 AM

#7963

abbynormallaw

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From: A320

Quote:

Originally Posted by Binksy

Heard talk of C series and long term fleet plan close to 400 aircraft. Guys on property care to comment on best guesses on either of those?

Ha, sweet! We can be the lowest paid C series pilots along with bus pilots out there!

Rumors are merely that..rumors. Nobody on this forum has any inside info! Delta was at HQ last week looking at our books.... There's a good one for ya.

08-12-2016 | 07:38 AM

#7964

Judge Smails

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From: A320

Quote:

Originally Posted by Binksy

Heard talk of C series and long term fleet plan close to 400 aircraft. Guys on property care to comment on best guesses on either of those?

The C Series talk is a tactic to get Airbus to come to the table with a better deal, IMO. Unless they got a ridiculous deal and the cost of operating them is much lower, I can't see why they would add a second fleet type for an aircraft that does the same job.

I would love to see this place get to 400 aircraft, but where are they going to put them? We can barely find gate space for what we already have.

08-12-2016 | 07:50 AM

#7965

putzin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Binksy

Some people have friends on the inside that get info before everyone else.

Hopefully those friends are sharing that this group won't entertain another type until there is new contract. A contract that DOESN'T include less money cause the a/c is a wee bit smaller. A new type will only dilute QOL, bases and schedules.

08-12-2016 | 07:51 AM

#7966

poolboy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Judge Smails

The C Series talk is a tactic to get Airbus to come to the table with a better deal, IMO. Unless they got a ridiculous deal and the cost of operating them is much lower, I can't see why they would add a second fleet type for an aircraft that does the same job.

I would love to see this place get to 400 aircraft, but where are they going to put them? We can barely find gate space for what we already have.

Supposed to be much more efficient. Also there is plenty of gates in Flint, Bloomington, Rochester and ever other po dunk town that we will start servicing.

http://airinsight.com/wp-content/upl...casm-chart.jpg

08-12-2016 | 08:26 AM

#7967

Qotsaautopilot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by putzin

Something more relevant for us than rumoured a/c and fleet plans:

http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/n...hoo&yptr=yahoo

SCOPE-SCOPE-SCOPE-SCOPE....

SCOPE!

I've been screaming this from the top of my lungs. Our codesharing language could be our eventual undoing. At least southwest pilots have codeshare language to protect to this article is just noise. We on the other hand do not.

08-12-2016 | 08:46 AM

#7968

PikeAV8R

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From: Airbus

Quote:

Originally Posted by putzin

hopefully those friends are sharing that this group won't entertain another type until there is new contract. A contract that doesn't include less money cause the a/c is a wee bit smaller. A new type will only dilute qol, bases and schedules.

read your contract !!!!!

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