American CRJ and ERJ order.

[Gulf-front]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/12/12/american-details-order-for-90-new-regional-jets/3996321/

 

[Clutch]

Carrot dangled

 

[General Lee]

They have learned from DL---buy the planes yourself, then dangle....


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[WSurf]

They have learned from DL---buy the planes yourself, then dangle....


Bye Bye---General Lee

This is going to be fun.....

 

[General Lee]

PSA Pilots Welcome American Airlines Announcement of New Aircraft Order
Business Wire Air Line Pilots Association, Intl (ALPA) 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The PSA Airlines pilots Master Executive Council, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Intl (ALPA), issued the following statement in response to today?s announcement by American Airlines Inc. of an order for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, with options for up to 40 more. PSA Airlines Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, will operate the new aircraft on behalf of American, which expects to begin taking delivery of the aircraft in the second quarter of 2014.

The pilots of PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, welcome the news of American Airlines purchase of 30 CRJ900s as an important and exciting step forward for PSA. This firm order fulfills the pledge made to us in a letter of commitment our pilots ratified in September.

"When PSA pilots voted on our new contract in March, and on subsequent agreements, we had to make some difficult decisions. As a result, we preserved core provisions in our contract and improved pilots job security here at PSA and career progression to our mainline partner. Today's announcement of a new aircraft order, coupled with our first scheduled seniority-based interviews at US Airways, prove that our tough decisions have borne fruit.

While we acknowledge that the planned delivery schedule of these new aircraft is ambitious, the pilots of PSA stand ready to work with our managements to protect and improve our airline and our futures as an integral part of the new American Airlines."




Yowza!



Bye Bye----General Lee

 

[Russ]

DL got in and out of the RJ biz for a reason GL.

 

[WSurf]

DL got in and out of the RJ biz for a reason GL.

Russ when you order 70 RJ-900's that's not exactly getting out of the biz. Just sayin.....

 

[Russ]

They owned a number of regional airlines and disposed or shut them down, that's getting out of the business. For some reason they've decided to the-enter a segment of the business that hasn't been kind to them.

 

[WSurf]

They owned a number of regional airlines and disposed or shut them down, that's getting out of the business. For some reason they've decided to the-enter a segment of the business that hasn't been kind to them.

Didn't they buy Pinnacle Airlines??? Which is now Endeavor Air
.... Seems like there still in the biz.

 

[General Lee]

DL got in and out of the RJ biz for a reason GL.

As Wsurf stated, DL still owns Endeavor. And, it isn't really about owning the whole airline, but rather own the RJs, and see who WANTS to fly them. If your airline owned these planes, they could shop them around when contracts get close to expiring. Not the case when the Major owns them. It's about control, and that frightens the feeders.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[imacdog]

Yeah that's a big win for the profession. Thanks mainline pilots for voting away your scope.

 

[WSurf]

As Wsurf stated, DL still owns Endeavor. And, it isn't really about owning the whole airline, but rather own the RJs, and see who WANTS to fly them. If your airline owned these planes, they could shop them around when contracts get close to expiring. Not the case when the Major owns them. It's about control, and that frightens the feeders.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Exactly..... PSA fell and now you're going to see Eagle fall as well. Parker won't play around. He'll offer them to Eagle and if they reject then they'll come to Piedmont with the same offer. While he'd like to keep them in house he'll then go to Air Whiskey, Republic and Skyway.
I honestly think they will go to two Wholly Owned Carriers. I think when all is said and done the problem will be finding pilots. Right now most regionals are scrambling to find anyone that is qualified. Your looking at possible 150 EMB 175's and up to 70 CRJ 900's..... That's tons of pilots along with all the majors gearing up especially at the combined AA/US.

That and the seniority intergrations at mainline..... LOL.. Grab your popcorn.

 

[BoilerUP]

Brilliant business move in the part of management - controlling costs by controlling the metal with the ability to shuffle if costs get too high.

Proof positive there's no long term job security in contract lift.

Too bad the large small jets aren't at the bottom of the mainline totem pole, however...

 

[AV8700]

the same way they work the ground handling

 

[WSurf]

Brilliant business move in the part of management - controlling costs by controlling the metal with the ability to shuffle if costs get too high.

Proof positive there's no long term job security in contract lift.

Too bad the large small jets aren't at the bottom of the mainline totem pole, however...

Yeah.... What's next? First the 50 seat plane was just a RJ..... Then 70 seat CRJ-700 was allowed to be an RJ. Then nobody ever thought the CRJ-900 would be allowed. Now you are going to see the EMB 175 with 3 Class seating, wifi, Power Adapters and a 2,000nm range that's an RJ..... I'm sure the EMB-190 and C-Series will be next.