AirWis gets UAL RJs, includes IAD...

[46Driver]

I'm going to agree with the general theme of House_X (if not all of the details). If I had to bet on Tom Moore and Kerry Skeen or the managers at United, I'm going with our guys. As we say to the grunts as they board our helos: "Get in, sit down, shut up, and hold on!" Things are going to get interesting.....

 

[CRJ Driver]

Back to DEN? Rumors are abound that DEN is going to be downsized with more flying to ORD and IAD. That will be great - a bunch of permanent whiney babies from DEN in ORD, bad enough when they are just passing through listening to "ORD this" & "ORD that".

Dude STFU, I hope I dont ever fly with you!

Go back to lakes, or where ever you came from.

 

[TWAER]

I don't work for Mesa or ACA but I really doubt ACA is going anywhere. First of all, they own their own gates in IAD. Second, they have just purchsed a reservation system for themselves. HMMMMMMMMMM. What could that mean? So, ACA loses United contract and begins flying their own routes out of their own gates all over the northeast where they put US Scare to shame. I also agree that ACA will be around long past United. They have been in Bankrupt. court tooooooo long.

Good luck to everyone at ACA, may be some uncertain times ahead but I think you will come out OK.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

I agree. I'd pick Kerry and Tom over any of UAL's managers anyday. Sure will be interesting to watch...

 

[spinup]

TWAer,

Come on now, if there is anyone that knows about BK it should be you. How looooooong did TWA operate under BK, and how many times? Insinuating that UAL will soon find themselves out of business is as tactless as saying that you got what you deserved with the AA merger (not my opinion). Last I checked ACA flew 82% of their operation under the UA code. That leaves 18% allocated to DAL, not much. I doubt that ACA could stay at present size without UAL. As for the gates owned by ACA, I understand that most airports require them to be in use or forfieted. The current ownership of these gates will not guarantee ACA will stay at their present size.

Losing the UA code would be anything but good for ACA, but it is interesting to see folks try and put that spin on it. The last thing we need is another carrier put into distress, and more pilots worried about their jobs. What we should be hoping for is quick resolution in the UA / ACA code share, and one that dosn't put anymore pilots on the streets.

 

[TWAER]

Never said that ACA would stay at current size. In fact I would bet that half there work force would be out of work if UAL dumps them. If I worked at ACA, I would hope to continue feeding UAL. But I think they would survive without them.

Now, about TWA. We are not in the same climate that TWA was in when they were in their many BK. If this were 2001 or before, I would say that UAL would come out of it. Nobody knows if they will come out or not, but in the crappy economy and lower cost carriers, their job is a lot tougher than TWA had in the 80's and 90'. And guess what, TWA now no longer exists. TWA would have been the first airline to go chapter 7 if AA did not buy them. They would have never survived Sept. 11. Just my opinion and that's all.

Good luck to every airline employee.
and I have good friends and bothe ACA and UAL. I hope they both work out their code share problems and become profitalble again. I hope all the airlines get back to where they were before Sept. 11

 

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