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01-09-2015 | 03:43 PM

#21

krudawg

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Originally Posted by cal73

What was REMF?

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According to the USMC Manual:

REMF - Rear Echelon Mo Freaker

01-09-2015 | 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

I think calling a -900 an RJ is a little insulting to the RJ, don't you think? I mean, in 8 years of RJ flying I have never ever ever had to leave ~6% of my revenue seats empty because a weight restriction!

Well played sir, my apologies.

01-09-2015 | 07:16 PM

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Kilder

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Originally Posted by awax

Yeah its pretty funny to hear guys insist that it's not a Guppy, it's a "seven three seven" and is the replacement for the "seven five seven".

I never saw a '57 fly off the West coast to Denver having to buy people off. The reality is that we have a 164 seat RJ, but at least we have United pilots flying them, so that's good.

Can you enlighten us with what aircraft you consider the 757 replacement?

or should we fly the 757 forever and ever????

01-09-2015 | 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kilder

Can you enlighten us with what aircraft you consider the 757 replacement?

or should we fly the 757 forever and ever????

The problem is manufacturers are starting to regress in the name of economy which is a sure way to lose your flock. Who wants to be the first one at gross, out of SNA?

01-09-2015 | 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lambourne

Do you have the numbers to back up your statements or is it your gut instinct? That record profit that was linked was for Q3 2014. Prior to fuel price decline. Our December RPM's were up slightly on 2.3% ASM increase. LF declined 1.9% due to the larger increase in ASM versus December "13. So overall we put more people in seats in December '14 versus "13. The numbers don't reflect those droves you mention.

Ummmmm, per UAL's press release, we carried almost 300,000 fewer passengers in Dec '14 as compared to '13. 2.4% less. Is it droves leaving? No, but not a gain either like you state.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united...221500534.html

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ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)

Mainline
7,516
7,637
(1.6%)

91,475
91,329
0.2%

Regional
3,810
3,968
(4.0%)

46,554
47,880
(2.8%)

Consolidated
11,326
11,605
(2.4%)

138,029
139,209
(0.8%)

01-09-2015 | 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by C11DCA

Thats because the sunday after thanksgiving fell into November, look at the numbers for November as well.

01-09-2015 | 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kilder

can you enlighten us with what aircraft you consider the 757 replacement?

Or should we fly the 757 forever and ever????

a321neolr..

01-09-2015 | 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by northshore973

Thats because the sunday after thanksgiving fell into November, look at the numbers for November as well.

However that doesn't diminish the fact of we carried less passengers in Dec 14 then Dec 13, contrary to what Lambourne stated.

I know the holidays affected which month the travel days went in. happens every year. Same for Easter. However Delta managed to board +2.4 % more passengers YOY, compared to our -2.4 % drop.

Hmmmmm

01-09-2015 | 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by C11DCA

Yeah, I decided that debating with somebody like Lambourne who apparently thinks that things are going well here is a waste of time.

01-10-2015 | 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by C11DCA

All of what you said is fact. You also need to take into account stage length, and departures. You can have more passengers boarded, but on shorter flights verse one longer flight.

It is not as simple as looking at one metric to determine our performance. Thats why they publish all the metrics that they do. Just look at load factors, us and Delta were off by one basis point. That does not mean we are performing the same as them.

Now my personal opinion is we are not loosing passengers in droves. What we are dealing with is that we do not have enough airplanes to be adding passengers at the rate other airlines are growing. Do we fail at times a drive people, yes. Do other airlines fail and drive people away, yes.