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06-19-2020, 05:48 AM

#21

NFLUALNFL

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Position: A320 Captain

Posts: 479

Quote:

Originally Posted by RJDio

Think of the hype the company would be trying to generate if we added 15 flights a day to a non hub city like PHL, PHX, or SEA for example.

"Competition is VERY expensive"
"There is no money in Cargo"
"The 739 saves us over $2M compared to the 757..."
"Right-size"
"Shared sacrifice"

any more?

06-19-2020, 07:35 AM

#22

RJDio

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Position: CRJ FO

Posts: 648

Quote:

Originally Posted by NFLUALNFL

"Competition is VERY expensive"
"There is no money in Cargo"
"The 739 saves us over $2M compared to the 757..."
"Right-size"
"Shared sacrifice"

any more?

I’m sure they’d love us to fund a merger.

06-19-2020, 07:42 AM

#23

Poss

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Posts: 215

Quote:

Originally Posted by NFLUALNFL

"Competition is VERY expensive"
"There is no money in Cargo"
"The 739 saves us over $2M compared to the 757..."
"Right-size"
"Shared sacrifice"

any more?

"We manage, you fly"
"Morale is not my concern"
"It's not personal, it's business"
"What's the rush?"
"We have a contract and we intend to abide by it until the amendable date"
"Not to lose the hearts and minds of the employees is a challenge and an art"

06-19-2020, 08:21 AM

#24

C11DCA

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Position: 320 Captain

Posts: 634

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xtreme87

On top of how many flights already?

probably about 15 pre Covid. (Just a guess. FLL MCO BOS SJU and maybe another Caribbean destination)

so 30ish flights a day. Smaller then our BOS ops.

06-19-2020, 08:27 AM

#25

Huell

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Position: Waco CG-4 center seat

Posts: 863

"We are an IT company with wings."

06-19-2020, 08:38 AM

#26

Deathray

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Joined APC: Jan 2019

Position: 757/767

Posts: 185

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huell

"We are an IT company with wings."

Right! And we know how to put the S-H in IT

06-19-2020, 08:46 AM

#27

AxlF16

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Position: 787 Captain

Posts: 1,512

Quote:

Originally Posted by RJDio

I’m sure they’d love us to fund a merger.

IF (and it's a BIG IF) they were to merge with a carrier like JetBlue, Spirit, or Frontier - you would absolutely 'fund' it whether you like it or not, You would fund it either through a reduction in position (displacement) or even with your job, and there's not a damn thing we can do about it.

Last fall I heard Kirby say that he didn't see mergers on the table - because we could grow organically. Well, our organic growth fuel is gone so I wouldn't discount the idea that he'd take another look at merger partners.

The part of our fate that we could control will require unity within our MEC and pilot group. Since we can't seem to stop fighting a 10 year old seniority integration I have little hope we'll ever be unified.