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11-20-2010 | 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by EWR73FO

Problem begins when CAL continues to take delivery of aircraft before the merger is complete. How much flying can you continue to swap if CAL is adding block hours and adding pilots while UAL is not? This will become rather uneven rather quickly. The only route I have heard was IAH-LIM.

That may be why the ratio is 90% for UAL. Until the SLI is complete, "CAL's" aircraft deliveries can't be flown by "UAL's" pilots.

Of course Litigator Smisek is not honoring our scope clause so why would we expect him to honor the TPA or merger and fragmentation sections of our scope clause.

The other rumor I have recently heard is that IAH-NRT will be going to a 747 soon.

11-20-2010 | 03:24 PM

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From: 18%er but I’ll enforce UPA23 to the last period.

FWIW, on the airliners.net site someone seems to have posted that UAL will start an SFO-IAH-LIM round trip with the 763 starting in Feb.

11-20-2010 | 04:10 PM

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Just looked in Apollo.

UA 854 is for sale starting 17FEB. 2 class 767 from IAH to LIM. (It's the 2 class that UA has been using to the islands)

11-21-2010 | 05:08 AM

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Just looked in Apollo.

UA 854 is for sale starting 17FEB. 2 class 767 from IAH to LIM. (It's the 2 class that UA has been using to the islands)

Just saw that as well. Makes my first post moot. It appears that the flying shifting is more a function of rightsizing routes than any attempted whipsaw. That's good news to me, and I'm sure to our furloughed brothers and sisters. Hopefully they will all be back soon

11-21-2010 | 05:43 AM

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Just looked in Apollo.

UA 854 is for sale starting 17FEB. 2 class 767 from IAH to LIM. (It's the 2 class that UA has been using to the islands)

It will be run as a through flight SFO-IAH-LIM replacing a current CAL 757 which I'm sure will be immediately redeployed to replace that 50-seat RJ from say IAH to LIT??

11-21-2010 | 07:47 AM

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It will be run as a through flight SFO-IAH-LIM replacing a current CAL 757 which I'm sure will be immediately redeployed to replace that 50-seat RJ from say IAH to LIT??

Who cares as long as they replace the RJ's like the skywest (UAL) LAX-IAH UFB...

11-21-2010 | 08:43 AM

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As soon as a new contract is reached all of the hub to hub flying should go back to mainline, that is in the present contract. With the integration of CO and UA hubs, this should bring back a lot of flying in and of itself.

11-21-2010 | 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by pipe

Hey - one guy sees what's happening. Scope is circling the drain via the "end sweep" happening right now. Skywest 76 seater base at IAH. Republic/Shuttle America 76 seater base at EWR.

Why aren't the MEC chairmen seeking injunctions against this until a JCBA is reached?

PIPE

Not to nit-pick...but all UAL code rjs are limited to max certificated 70 seat / 80K pound aircraft with the exception of the E-170 which must fly with only 70 seats. IOW, no "76 seaters" currently fly the UAL code, only 70 seaters.