You see I never knew he had any involvement in TAP……….reading about it now it doesn’t surprise me. Privatizing a National carrier which may have had some problems but infrastructure all set up for him……..runs in it into the ground sucks out all the capital bleeds out all the resources and gives it back to the Portuguese taxpayer……..what a Neeleman move……..yeah funny that’s a documentary never shown at the Dave Barger Auditorium

Thanks for the updated info…..I have almost 4 years at UAL….so it’s tough get accurate updates. (I am NOT the most infamous former B6 current UAL pilot)

The UAL MEC just published a contract comparison guide.

Topped out Captains 320 vs 320:

UAL is 8.6% higher
For the 321…again with no over ride at B6 it is 12% higher.

On the FO side: (not many topped out FO’s at United but). It is 6% and 11% respectively.

Information everybody should know.

Even if United could buy only a portion of JBs operation I doubt they’d do it merely to add a 220 operation. If they had decided that 220s satisfied some unmet need, I think they would have ordered 220s some years ago. If indeed it were possible to “part out” JB, I think it would be the JFK gates they’d be going for.

I could see some JFK gates and slots being sold to raise cash. I can't see United buying any used planes from them.

I wonder who would be willing to pay for some JFK slots/gates?

Trump the other day said he likes having a lot of airlines because it creates more competition. So what does that do for the crowd that thinks the UA-B6 merger is inevitable because he’s gonna direct his administration to green light the antitrust problems?

I don’t think actually anybody thinks that B6 will merge with UA other than some hopeful pilots.

Actually there are people that think UA/B6 will merge besides the “hopeful pilots”, including some very worried pilots.

Safe to say that only ones that want the merger are B6 pilots. No one at UA would want that

As a B6 pilot I’m not hopeful or even rooting for it.

Don’t think anyone seriously thinks that there will be a JB merger. I’m sure that Kirby would write check for JFK slots today if they were available, but not at the expense of buying another company just to get them.