Aca

[cruise 450]

Can anybody tell me how the UAL bankrupcy will affect ACA?

Thankyou!

 

[climbhappy]

i read somewhere.....

it was in aviation week that UAL is reviewing or set to review to contracts with its regionals. they pay a set fee per departure it was reported. apparently, Mesa and chatauqua are planning to bid on some of the work. UAL is obviously wanting to lower costs and it would follow common logic to ask their vendors as does any bankrupt, to reduce prices, make concessions.

here's some good sites to follow this story

www.ainonline.com

www.aviationnow.com

merry xmas

 

[CRJ puppy]

Well, after the bankruptcy of UAL, we had 7 new hires in the next CRJ class. Only one CRJ class was cancelled. Still taking deliveries of new CRJ's as planned...forget the exact numbers, but enough so we need to train more people (if memory serves...about 20 new planes in the next 14-16 months). Pool still fairly full, but VERY limited (<---read bridge program or resume walkin only) interviews still taking place. Rumors of 70 seat RJ's...don't believe it until you see at the hangar...

So all in all...very short term: no real changes...small slow down in hiring/training but that is also due to reaching max. # of pilots required for projected fleet. Longer term: captains on reserve for like 100 yrs and same for FO's as no one is going anywhere...

Still a great place to work for...not perfect, but always trying to be better...there's worse places to work (or not work) than ACA...

Hope that helps...

Blue skies................

 

[cruise 450]

Thanks for the info!

Keep em level!