DAL/Expressjet NO More

[PBRstreetgang]

We have a chance to do what ALPA can't seem to do.....A single list at Skywest Inc....and this could be the start of it.....

Joe as much as you are gonna hate this, if Obama wins the election and places his cabinet in place, you will see an ALPA single carrier petition filed. And I will bet it gets passed to set the airline industry tone. If Mcgoober gets elected(and doesn't die of old age), we are skrewed. He hates airline pilots worse than NVA prison guards, prepare to see anybody who isn't a US citizen, flying your wheedwacker.
PBR

 

[CFI2766]

Joe as much as you are gonna hate this, if Obama wins the election and places his cabinet in place, you will see an ALPA single carrier petition filed. And I will bet it gets passed to set the airline industry tone. If Mcgoober gets elected(and doesn't die of old age), we are skrewed. He hates airline pilots worse than NVA prison guards, prepare to see anybody who isn't a US citizen, flying your wheedwacker.
PBR

Ahhhhhh...No.

B. Hussein Obama will not do anything dramatically different than W. or Clinton with regards to supporting airline labor. With the airline industry in the state that it will be in by the time of the election, no one in Washington is going to do anything at all to make doing business any more difficult on the collective airline management.

Nice line on the NVA prison guards, though. Somewhat flippant given what McCain went through, but still played to good effect.

 

[CFI2766]

If Skywest were to furlough while shifting airplanes to ASA....Those pilots need to be put on the ASA list....There is absolutely no reason to furlough at one while expanding the other....ALPA or no ALPA...that isn't right....

We have a chance to do what ALPA can't seem to do.....A single list at Skywest Inc....and this could be the start of it.....

IF SKYW furloughs while shifting planes to ASA, it would be imperative to get them on the ASA list. It simply wouldn't make any sense to bring in new-hires when there are SKYW guys on the street.

I'm not sure when this started happening, but I agree with you: ALPA or no ALPA, one list at SKYW/ASA (without the soap-opera SLI) is a clear plus for the pilots involved. If ALPA can't get it done, let the SAPA (right acronymn?) get it done. I'm only half joking there.

 

[airchristyle]

Last week I flew on Express Jet for the first time. Also flew on the E145 for the first time and had very low expectations but was pleasantly surprised. Quality operation. Best of luck to everyone affected by this announcement.

I've non reved with XJT many times out of LAX and back. what a class act ops they got. I got 3 good friends that currently work there. Good luck guys.

 

[Erlanger]

In September SkyWest will close ATL base and move the Airframes out west to SLC and LAX. ASA will gain a few 90's to replace the airplanes that move out. Expect the announcement near the end of July... Opening SkyWest LAX domicile (other than the reserve base), and about 150 furloughs ( Maybe more if Midwest augers in before that.), plus a bunch of transitions back down to the Brasilia. Anybody "in the pool" can pretty much forget about working for SkyWest in the near future. Oh and those who commute on United better be doing it incognito come august. It sucks, but that's what we get for being United's biatch.

Delta has plans for Skywest to do Caribbean flying out of Atlanta starting in the fall. Skywest pilots and flight attendants have recently completed the mandatory "open water training" as it pertains to the Caribbean and the new "told" cards regarding Caribbean flying have been put in the cockpits of the 900.

 

[Erlanger]

Since Delta is cutting capacity, I would guess not all the flying will be replaced. Delta may cut some of the current SkyWest flying and replace it with some of this LAX flying, to keep them above the minimum stated on the contract. So nno or very little net gain.

Bingo! Seems you're the only one on here that knows what he's talking about.

 

[Captain Morgan]

I can't believe no one has said it.... Mesa Sucks!!! Woohooo! Sorry to the guys/gals at XJT. You help run a quality ship.

 

[Erlanger]

I can't believe no one has said it.... Mesa Sucks!!! Woohooo! Sorry to the guys/gals at XJT. You help run a quality ship.

More importantly, Bozo the Clown died today.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/07/03/obit.bozo.ap/index.html

 

[DoinTime]

Notice a trend?

Mesa -- GONE
Pinnacle -- GONE
ExpressJet -- GONE

Delta is thinning the herd. The game of musical chairs just lost three participants. This merger gets more interesting by the day.

The sad thing is we are all going to lose in this. Those who survive will just get beaten that much more.

You do realize that post merger PCL still has a sizeable crj fleet that will one day be painted in Delta colors, right?

 

[dojetdriver]

Let's not forget that XJT replaced ASA in LAX and Skywest in SLC....XJT underbid Skywest for the flying.....Welcome to RFPs and bidding...Hopefully some or all of this will come back to Skywest Inc.

Are you sure XJT UNDERBID SkyWest for that flying? If I remember correctly, SKY was prohibited from flying anything but UAX out LAX, at that time.