MickeySlapnutz
I just wanna be loved....
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- Feb 11, 2005
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B6Driver said:MickeySlapnutz,
It's comments like yours that make me happy I'm furloughed from that angry mob of employees over at AA.
Great...its a win win then.
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B6Driver said:MickeySlapnutz,
It's comments like yours that make me happy I'm furloughed from that angry mob of employees over at AA.
TheDonger said:No staplers will happen. If its even suggested you're looking at WWIII. I do agree with the fences. Sorry, but the investors are in the driver's seat on this one.
BeCareful! said:The group just aquired over 1 billion $$ in RJ's and Mainline Replacement Jets......airlines on their "death beds" aren't typically capable of that.
Traderd said:Better yet - DOB.
BeCareful! said:Comparisons between TWA/AA and AWA/US aren't valid. Not even close, considering the size of the carriers and the relative financial health at the time of announcement.
US is the airline everyone loves to hate, but the truth is that GE, Airbus, RSA, and a whole bunch of others see value in the franchise, the routes, everything. U's operating losses last quarter pale in comparison to Delta's, United's, and Northwest's. Profits could be just around the corner for U, but for these others, probably not.
The group just aquired over 1 billion $$ in RJ's and Mainline Replacement Jets......airlines on their "death beds" aren't typically capable of that.
I know a bunch of AWA guys think that by trash talking on the Internet they'll help themselves to a sweet A330 spot, flying three or four Trans Atlantic sorties a month, but it just ain't gonna happen. And why should it? Are the AWA pilots themselves responsible for their carrier's meager survival at this point? Certainly not any more than the US Air pilots are responsible for saving their airline! ($8 Billion investment!)
Ms. Slapnutz, your trash ain't even worth commenting on
And, I'm a nicer person than you are
Life is full of disappointment. Get used to it. And ALPA merger policy is alive and well and in writing.aa73 said:TWAdude, I'm dissapointed. You always had great informative posts, and now you're spewing your infamous "ALPA merger policy" (which doesn't even exist anymore) and Neutral arbitration...
Perhaps I’m not making myself clear. (Actually, I have, numerous times, but getting through to you guys is taking longer than knocking down the Berlin Wall.) Forget the end result for a moment and consider what constitutes a fair process for pilot integration talks. ALPA sets up a framework for equality-based talks and provides for a solution when no agreement is reached. When the unions differ (or when external powers meddle) you have conflicting merger policies (TWA/AA) and that gets resolved by the weaker carrier losing its rights and the dominant carrier gets carte blanche to do whatever the devil it pleases. Now what I can’t for the life of me understand is why a few of you are pressing for the latter scenario. I don’t want to lose my job any more than the next guy but it seems a few of you (AA guys, hmmm) are perfectly happy to gain at the expense of others. I’m not.So SCREW neutral arbitration. Half the time they mess it all up.
Sure. Those statements in italics are factually correct but misleading because of a significant detail left out. (Gee, I wonder who the reporter consulted?) I'm repeating this for the umpteenth time because historical revisionism is alive and well: the TWA MEC waived our successorship clauses under threat of abrogation of our whole contract by the judge. Carty would've gotten his purchase regardless. It is revisionist (not to mention self-serving) to say we did it to help the purchase go through. It's certainly true that we wished for AA to win the auction but we had no desire to lose our CBA.MickeySlapnutz said:Take note AWA guys.....Any comments TWAdude?
BeCareful! said:Profits could be just around the corner for U, but for these others, probably not.