Is the end of UAL finally here?

[Jetjockey]

WOW, four flights a day pushed them over the edge huh? Must have been in worse shape than we thought.

Did you say something scangadah? I was distracted by your avatar. No one will hear a word you are saying with an avatar like that.

 

[Frac Cap]

Wow!!

 

[contrail67]

Same type of thing NWA did. Hope there is something to protect the mechanics in their contract....

 

[AC560]

Hope there is something to protect the mechanics in their contract....

Cause it won't be their fellow workers protecting them....

 

[Marko Ramius]

Short term memory?

Same type of thing NWA did. Hope there is something to protect the mechanics in their contract....

Yes it is, so why it such an earth shattering event for some that UA is looking at doing the same? I guess you could say it may be interesting from the standpoint that UA's mechanics will likely have even less support from the other employee groups than NW's did-if that is even possible. After all these are the guys who allowed the Usair deal to get legs and the ones who went to work in 1985 when the pilots and FA's didn't. Don't think that is a tunnel that AMFA wishes to roll down. AMFA's do it yourself vs. uniting with other groups who they basically feel are inferior has struck out big time thus far, will they do an about face here?

Btw. The title of this thread is leading at best, an ugly bit of wishful thinking at worst. I love how we interpret news differently based on where our personal 'market' feeling presently is about individual carriers.

 

[Flopgut]

This could be good for the mechs. They will be merchandising a lot of talent and experience. Who's going to fix Virgin's airplanes for instance? Of course they may fly them down to San Salvador and have them half-a$$ fixed (outside on the ramp) like JBL. But eventually the planes are going to need some quality heavy mx work.

 

[eaglefly]

AMR turned it's Tulsa facility into a contract maintenance center. Contracting outside business, that is.

It's been very successful and profitable. Many carriers here and abroad are using AMR as a maintenance source getting both high quality and a competitive price.

To bad the clumsy bloated crooks at UAL can't figure out how to leave the mens room crap stall.

UAL is getting more pathetic by the minute..........

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

What a sad shame this industry has become.

It is all part of the economy that you are a part of.....

I'm sure you are a particapting consumer in another industry, as we all are, that is readically changing the work force in that sector...

Why should the airline business be any different? They want thier cheap tickets and they want them now..

 

[Flopgut]

It is all part of the economy that you are a part of.....

I'm sure you are a particapting consumer in another industry, as we all are, that is readically changing the work force in that sector...

Why should the airline business be any different? They want thier cheap tickets and they want them now..

What?!

Where in this economy are you seeing anything close to what is going on in ours? Where else, in the history of mankind, is there another industry that has simultaneously grown more safe and less expensive than airline travel? You seen any other business have to give their customers a Bill of Rights because CONGRESS mandated it?! Fcuk no! Our profession has been uniquely and repeatedly, limited and harmed, so our consumers could go to the airport and fly somewhere cheaper than staying at home!

Boeing has just about dispensed with Airbus as a competitor. FDX and UPS are huge, successful multinational companies. Fractionals are amazing companies and uniquely American. Our economy supports a space program and the world's most advanced military. However, somehow US legacy carriers struggle. Hmmm. Either we're dereglated, or we're not!

UAL should be twice the size it is.

Too many people in ALPA think like you do.

 

[ivauir]

UAL should be twice the size it is.

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Not to start a flame was here amigo, but how do you figure?

UAL has been broken for a long time, but government intervention kept them (and others) on life support. Leaving the weaker players in the market saturates the market and drives down prices.

IMO this is what has harmed our industry and our profession.