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Continental to Furlough
Airframe reductions only tell part of the story. The block hour reductions on the remaining aircraft will dictate staffing and thus reductions. The main line capacity reduction is going to be 9.1% by the end of the year... -
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Athens (ATH)
The wife and I are headed to Athens in September, any suggestions for "off the beaten path" things to do & " must see's"?- SuperFLUF
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Breaking News on Continental
Sure. People choosing to leave with adequate finances is certainly preferable to people being forced to leave after suffering through a year of probationary pay. -
Breaking News on Continental
I hope so. The dysphoria of seeing anyone furloughed would certainly cause my sick leave usage to go up. :( -
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Breaking News on Continental
Don't focus on the 8% number. CAL doesn't staff based on airframes. Its based on block hours. So the 8% may be a good w.a.g. but its the utilization of the remaining airframes that will drive the staffing. Hopefully the utilization of the more fuel efficient NG's that will be replacing the... -
UAL/Continental Part II
Its about entering the Star Alliance. Not just an alliance with UAL alone. CAL is also talking with American and BA about the One World alliance. Its about code sharing and interlining and eticketing and frequent flyer programs and a whole host of other things along with a limited amount of... -
Boyd's take on $4 jet fuel and AA's new fees
http://www.aviationplanning.com/asrc1.htm Hot Flash - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Panic In The Front Office Airline Industry In Full Retreat? When facing a crisis, the worst thing one can do is to panic. But that's exactly what seems to be happening in some airline front offices. Panic results in... -
CAL to furlough
And Fubijaakr's "my left seat" arrogance isn't? Where does that stop? Who's left seat is it really? What about those poor captains who are suing for their original seniority instead of coming back as new hires? Isn't it more their left seat than his? -
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"Fair" treatment for "experienced" pilots comes home to roost?
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1130-full.html#197946 The Fight For Pilots Hurt By New Age 65 Rule Now that U.S. airline pilots can fly to age 65, litigation is now moving forward to overturn wording in the 2007 law that also specifically barred some 3,000 pilots forced... -
CAL to furlough
AND what would you say sir, if all these guys came back? The Fight For Pilots Hurt By New Age 65 Rule Now that U.S. airline pilots can fly to age 65, litigation is now moving forward to overturn wording in the 2007 law that also specifically barred some 3,000 pilots forced into retirement... -
CAL to furlough
How is it YOUR seat? If we go with that mentality, you took it from the Captains who retired before you. Here's a fact: Every day you get older. You don't have a right to fly forever and you'll be out the door soon enough. Get over yourself. -
CAL to furlough
I can't access the online seniority list right now but 200 furloughs would go back about 6 to 8 months. IF, the 54 aircraft parked in the fall doesn't include aircraft reductions allready accounted for in the Jan bid there MIGHT be a reduction. The last bid (Jan 08) had 205 vacancies for new... -
CAL to furlough
How pompus of you to think that those you threw under the bus to cover your inadequate planning actually want to work more for less. Your few words reveal much. Thanks. Thanks a whole lot. -
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B 737 variants
Flaps 40 landings do provide more tail clearance during a "normal" landing. Botched recovery from bounced landings and plain old poor landing techinques have resulted in tailstrikes during landing. The tail skid does not protect the fuselage during landing due to the different attitude... -
Cal ecpected to cave on scope
The "small jet" and "small turboprop" monikers are used in the scope section. Their definitions as 50 seats and 79 seat "FAA certification" are also in the scope section under definitions. The FAA can change whatever they want but its the numbers in the contractual definition that are... -
New Aviation Fuel
This allready happened after the OPEC embargo of the late 70's. The Carter administration had funded a program to begin the production of coal-oil plants; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer-Tropsch_process when OPEC got wind of this, they dropped the price of oil and we chased the bone they... -
Continental's Fleet Plan
You're right, 8 months. I was going by (bad) memory. I highly doubt they will offer enough of an incentive to increase the retirement numbers. Right now it seems the retirements are mostly driven by what the interest rate is doing in relation to the pension. I had 11 (wow 11 :rolleyes:) go... -
Continental's Fleet Plan
Probably waiting to see what the 'ell happens with oil prices and the economy. Things are a bit too uncertain/unknown right now to come up with a plan. It seems smart to wait as long as possible so that there aren't any wasted training cycles. Since the last bid was in Jan., the longest they can... -