AA and AE to park planes....
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bike21
9-5 Ruins Lives
That there is the kind of attitude to have, good on ya! That, and always having a plan 'B', 'C', and possibly 'D'
frog_flyer
FredFlyer
Here's what da boss man say.
JFK-SJU on the A300 has not been profitable. Get the A300s outta here. 15 Airbii in an all Boeing(MD) fleet = not efficient.
With fewer passengers in SJU, Executive doesn't need as much lift. Move some ATRs to DFW.
Park the DFW Saabs.
Try to park all EMB 135s.
Exciting times....
JFK-SJU on the A300 has not been profitable. Get the A300s outta here. 15 Airbii in an all Boeing(MD) fleet = not efficient.
With fewer passengers in SJU, Executive doesn't need as much lift. Move some ATRs to DFW.
Park the DFW Saabs.
Try to park all EMB 135s.
Exciting times....
frog_flyer
FredFlyer
Are you sure? Finance wasn't positive and we're re-reading the language in it.
E6BAV8R
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Chewie von Nubbins
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Matt13C
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Tell me about it. Try being in the position of graduating college at the moment
Congrats man! Huge accomplishment.
That there is the kind of attitude to have, good on ya! That, and always having a plan 'B', 'C', and possibly 'D'
Yeah, I find no use in worrying about things that are outside of my control. I will make the best of whatever is thrown at me. I love flying and will peruse it regardless. If it becomes impossible or very impractical, I have a few different options I can go to.
nkoenig
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TrinidadGT20
Vice President of Awesome
The former AMR CEO (sorry, I forgot his name) was on CNBC today calling for the gov't to enforce larger planes, less frequency, and (surprisingly) more train service between NYC and DC. I can't say I disagree with him, but I am also aware of the consequences to pilots in that scenario. Frequency is great for the traveler, but efficiency is better for the airlines. Guess which one will eventually win.
B767Driver
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Tell me about it. Try being in the position of graduating college at the moment
I'm the worst when it comes to grammar and spelling on the 'net....but I see this phrase a lot and it always bothers me (not sure why...not too much gets to me).
However, we graduate from college....we don't graduate college.
There needs to be a preposition between the verb and the noun.
Golfers are the absolute worst. "I hit driver on that hole." No...you hit a driver on that hole.
ready2fly
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Wrong.
There were two offers, but neither were interested in remaining feeder airlines for AA.
ready2fly
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TECHNICALLY yes, but realistically, it's been "tabled". The arbitrator has made a decision which has been sealed at the request of both APA and ALPA.
Nope. That ship has sailed. Eagle will not be allowing the AA furloughees to flow back again.
This is precisely what I've been hearing as well.frog_flyer said:
taildragger173
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I actually disagree here. The after ownership costs on the A300 are probably lower than on most of the Boeings. The killer for those airplanes is the price of fuel. Remember that they are established in the fleet with the technical support for them. Just because an airline operates an all Airbus or an all Boeing fleet doesnt mean that their is significant cost savings. There are a lot of differences between each model of aircraft. Tooling is the only real issue with operating both fleets. Airbus uses metric. Remember Delta and Continental both operate very small fleets of certain jets. Delta has 8 777-200ERs and 2 772LRs.
JFK-SJU is a market where there is a lot of traffic between those two cities. There is a large Puerto Rican population in New York and using a low CASM aircraft a few times a day is probably a smarter way of serving the market.
Now in all fairness the A300s should go. You're right that they're kinda an oddball.
Flyin_bryan
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MEMO TO SELF:
operating airplanes = losing money
parking airplanes = making money
I somehow always knew this was the case.
operating airplanes = losing money
parking airplanes = making money
I somehow always knew this was the case.
zmiller4
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Tell me about it. Try being in the position of graduating college at the moment
Keep in mind, guys, that only six months ago regionals were still hiring people with super-low times like crazy. I know it's a little frustrating to see the slowdowns/possible furloughs, but things change really fast. I (and a lot of the other folks on here) started training around 9/11. It was impossible then (and really until a couple of years ago) to go from private pilot to airline in 6 months, but that just meant that a lot of us had to stick it out instructing or flying checks until we got a call back.
It is not a bad thing to have a couple thousand hours when you reach an airline!
cfii2007
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I agree....people hired with such low time should be grateful they in the right seat after 6 months, instead of complaining, "Dude, where's my upgrade?"
frog_flyer
FredFlyer
I heard something funny yesterday around AMR HDQ:
"The farther away you get from the passengers, the more money you make."
So true.
"The farther away you get from the passengers, the more money you make."
So true.
wheelsup
Well-Known Member
Nah, it's more like:
operating airplanes = losing LOTS OF money
parking airplanes = losing slightly less money
In the States at least. Unfortunately.
Velocipede
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And since that was a condition of sale, that means...
NO ONE WANTS TO BUY IT!
Get it?
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