ASA getting RJ 900's

[DAL737FO]

Well it came out in the court proceedings yesterday. Here it is from the transcripts.

THE COURT:--how many seventy-nine-seat planes do
you own at this time?
MR.GALLAGHER:At this time,Your Honor,ASA which is
one of our contract now formally --now a contract carrier has seventeen CRJ-900s on order -­
THE COURT:Well,that don't make any difference to me
what you call them,because I don't know what they are.
MR.GALLAGHER:Well,Your Honor,these are aircraft that are certificated for up to ninety seats which Delta would propose to fly in a two-class configuration with seventy-nine seats.If we are unable to do that,Your Honor,we will fly them with seventy seats.They will still be flown by ASA pilots at ASA pay rates,but with seventy seats in them instead of seventy-nine.We think that is simply an economic waste when we could generate revenue from that.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

News to us.

 

["GO AROUND"]

900's on order and no press release from Bombardier? Huh. We got no where to park em.

 

[atlcrashpad]

Asa Crj 900

What is the pay rate? when can we bid? This is total Bull Sh*t isn't it?

 

[ASA_Aviator]

I heard a rumor to this effect last week. From my position, that's good news.

 

["GO AROUND"]

They're waiting to see how all this plays out in court to see how many seats to stick in it. Unfrickin believable. Either fly em for below regional rates or we'll give em to ASA. What a bunch a door knobs we all have for managment.

 

[IFlyFL410]

Well it came out in the court proceedings yesterday. Here it is from the transcripts.

THE COURT:--how many seventy-nine-seat planes do
you own at this time?
MR.GALLAGHER:At this time,Your Honor,ASA which is
one of our contract now formally --now a contract carrier has seventeen CRJ-900s on order -­
THE COURT:Well,that don't make any difference to me
what you call them,because I don't know what they are.
MR.GALLAGHER:Well,Your Honor,these are aircraft that are certificated for up to ninety seats which Delta would propose to fly in a two-class configuration with seventy-nine seats.If we are unable to do that,Your Honor,we will fly them with seventy seats.They will still be flown by ASA pilots at ASA pay rates,but with seventy seats in them instead of seventy-nine.We think that is simply an economic waste when we could generate revenue from that.

Source???

 

[General Lee]

I heard a rumor to this effect last week. From my position, that's good news.

That still isn't set in stone. There is another portion of the transcripts that wasn't posted: (read the end)



MR. GALLAGHER: Your Honor, those -- those routes are
being flown today with seventy-seat aircraft. All we're trying
to do -- by Comair and ASA and the other regional partners.
All we're trying to do is increase their coverage to match what
our competitors are doing with their regional jet affiliates.
So it's --
THE COURT: And what would you have to do that?
MR. GALLAGHER: Why would we have to match our
competitors?
THE COURT: No, but what would you have to do to do
that?
MR. GALLAGHER: We'd have to get permission to
increase the size of our regional jets from seventy which is
the limit in the current ALPA agreement to seventy-nine, and to
increase the number of those regional jets --
THE COURT: Okay. And how many --
MR. GALLAGHER: -- from a hundred and --
THE COURT: -- how many seventy-nine-seat planes do
you own at this time?
MR. GALLAGHER: At this time, Your Honor, ASA which is
one of our contract now formally -- now a contract carrier has
seventeen CRJ-900s on order --
THE COURT: Well, that don't make any difference to me
what you call them, because I don't know what they are.
MR. GALLAGHER: Well, Your Honor, these are aircraft
that are certificated for up to ninety seats which Delta would
propose to fly in a two-class configuration with seventy-nine
seats. If we are unable to do that, Your Honor, we will fly
them with seventy seats. They will still be flown by ASA
pilots at ASA pay rates, but with seventy seats in them instead
of seventy-nine. We think that is simply an economic waste
when we could generate revenue from that.
THE COURT: Well, see, I think that this is what you
and the union need to be talking about because this is what the
union is not happy with.
MR. GALLAGHER: Well, Your Honor, we have been
talking......



Yes, we have an offer too. For most of us, scope is the line in the sand. We'll see how that goes..........What will Dalpa do?



Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[rjcap]

That still isn't set in stone. There is another portion of the transcripts that wasn't posted: (read the end)




THE COURT: Well, see, I think that this is what you
and the union need to be talking about because this is what the
union is not happy with.
MR. GALLAGHER: Well, Your Honor, we have been
talking......



Yes, we have an offer too. For most of us, scope is the line in the sand. We'll see how that goes..........What will Dalpa do?



Bye Bye--General Lee

I don't think you want to drop this decision into the hands of the judge. She may throw an ultimatum at you;

70 seat scope limit or pay reductions.

Which one are you going to take ?????

 

[737 Pylt]

I don't think you want to drop this decision into the hands of the judge. She may throw an ultimatum at you;

70 seat scope limit or pay reductions.

Which one are you going to take ?????

Pay reductions....You can always negotiate them back...However, once the planes are gone (or not here), they will never be seen on mainline property ever!
Just my .02 worth!
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