50-seat jets -- End of an Era

[On Your Six]

Yall were hiring 1 yr ago/

305 or so, mostly flow ups, and me!


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[redflyer65]

You can paint it, dress it, imagine it how ever you want but at the end of the day, it was DALPA that opened the flood gates to the RJ world. You can make all the excuses you want but the GREED at DALPA created this situation!!!!!!!!!!

Best post I've seen on FI in many, many years.

 

[redflyer65]

Payrates will go up, thanks to billions in profits in the last 2 years over here. (unlike you guys, that last quarter stung....) And, with management possibly eyeing more aquisitions, it gets better. I think we are aiming for at least your rates, and even if we get close, it will be better than flying your junky 737s to West Texas. BORING! I still think most of our planes will pay better than yours. We'll see, but the environment for us has been very profitable. You guys.....um....not so much.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Genital,

A dose of reality for you.........DALPA won't be able to get you there. You heard it here first. Good luck and Godspeed!

 

[On Your Six]

Genital,

A dose of reality for you.........DALPA won't be able to get you there. You heard it here first. Good luck and Godspeed!

And you also think Herman Cain will beat Obama for President of the USA.....wait, you like the Palin/Perry ticket. You heard it here first! And btw, some of our planes already have your rates, so that means some more will beat them, and no flying to ELP on those either. Don't forget YOUR 717s don't pay as well as most of our planes. Don't forget, they're yours now.

Godspeed!


OYS

 

[On Your Six]

Best post I've seen on FI in many, many years.

Get a room! It does beat all of your posts, though. I don't think DALPA was greedy, because we all deserve to make more money. I just think DALPA didn't think about the magnitude of the possible problems until it was too late. When they eventually figured it out, they did finally put limits, but too many were flying by then. High gas prices luckily are starting to take care of some of them right now.


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[Mamma]

Who cares what happened 10 years ago? The Lions were 0-16 a couple years ago and will probably make the playoffs this year. What is your point? I am more concerned with what is happening now and what is projected to happen in the future. Delta is a huge cash cow now and if you want to harp over the past 10 years of history to make yourself feel better than so be it. Look at Deltas projected profits for 2012, 2013 & 2014. They are huge !!

Question: You really running with Delta's profit projections in this economy?

 

[On Your Six]

Question: You really running with Delta's profit projections in this economy?

DL has decreased capacity while adding bag fees, fuel surcharges, and fare hikes that have stuck because SWA lost those famous fuel hedges of years past. Bag fees last year equalled about $950 million. Answer: Yeah......


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[Whataburger]

Don't forget YOUR 717s don't pay as well as most of our planes. Don't forget, they're yours now.

Godspeed!


OYS

The neat-o part is that in 3 years the 717 Capts will make the same as your 747 Capts. FANTASTIC!!

 

[Whataburger]

Question: You really running with Delta's profit projections in this economy?

Might wanna check earlier posts, I did not post that "SplitBar" did. Somehow my name got on it.

Projecting Delta's profit is like lighting a match and guessing exactly where each of my 25 Saturn Missles will go on July 4th.

 

[On Your Six]

The neat-o part is that in 3 years the 717 Capts will make the same as your 747 Capts. FANTASTIC!!

If you keep posting losses, I doubt they will, or you either. In 3 years our pilots will be enjoying a lucrative new contract, making more per hour than you, and mostly avoiding ELP (except the MD88 guys). I won't be doing it, but you will!


Godspeed!


OYS