BREAKING NEWS about UAL

[USC131]

United Airlines To Park Up to 70 Aircraft, Behead Ted, and Announce Headquarters' Layoffs


More details Tuesday................

 

[Amish RakeFight]

The hits just keep on comin'....

 

[sluggo]

Way to go Tilton!

 

[becket]

Source?

 

[shagadelic]

Source is Planebuzz.com....

United Airlines To Park Up to 70 Aircraft, Behead Ted, and Announce Headquarters' Layoffs


Our informed sources tell us this afternoon (hey, I'm on Pacific time) that we should hear more details Tuesday on United's plans to contract.
On the cutting board (and I know this is going to upset Cranky Flier immeasurably) will be Theodore, better known as yet another tried and then discarded airline within an airline adventure. Yes, you all know the adventure as "Ted."
Secondly, we're told that the airline will announce the grounding of at least 70 aircraft.
Layoffs? Did someone say layoffs? (A nod to Coach Jim Mora there...)
Yes. We're hearing at least 1500 folks are going to be on the short end of pink slips at UAUA headquarters.

 

[johnsonrod]

Ouch!

Sounds like Airbus crews could be hit first if TED shuts down. I thought I heard the 737-500s were targeted for departure? Unfortunately not too surprising given UAL's inability to find a dance partner and Tilton's lack of leadership.

Good luck to all involved!

 

[Peanut gallery]

This is just the start folks

They are reaching trigger points fairly quickly and at some point will make some pretty quick decisions to preserve remaining cash to get their promised bonus.

 

[Soulfly]

And SWA will replace as many of those seats as humanely possible.

These are not capacity cuts, it is a transfer of flying.

If capacity cuts are whats needed then we are all screwed, sans SWA.

 

[The Victors]

Try blaming the source. ual's mgmt is useless and the last thing on their "minds" is a successful airline.

 

[conman]

The airline business truly sux. Good luck to all the UAL people.

 

[JetPilot_Mike]

I doubt they will be parking Airbus aircraft, just removing the TED branding and folding those A320's back into regular mainline. But I could be wrong...

 

[atrdriver]

The TED branding was a joke anyway. I was somewhere out west and all over the place were signs that said "TED is part of United." No one knew what the brand was, and isn't that the point of a brand?

 

[meyers9163]

any updates out there on the connection with the regionals? Anyone going to lose flying...... Any word at all?

 

[spacecadet1]

How is the pilot manning situation at UAL? Anyone have any retirement numbers? Are the over 60 guys staying around?

 

[lookin4better]

any updates out there on the connection with the regionals? Anyone going to lose flying...... Any word at all?

if I had to guess...and thats all it is, 50 seaters are the first to get the boot.

 

[conman]

How is the pilot manning situation at UAL? Anyone have any retirement numbers? Are the over 60 guys staying around?

Since their pension has been terminated, Retiree health care is a thing of the past, work rules eliminated, pay scales set back to the late 80's, early 90's, then I would assume most will work beyond 60.
They probably don't want to but who would have imagined this profession getting destryoyed.

 

[AlbieF15]

3 guys on mil leave at my old unit from UAL. One would quit tomorrow to go to DAL or another carrier since his seniority there is worthless (in his opinion). Another is hanging out chasing O-6 part time and doing other stuff--don't know if he'll go back either. # 3 dude still has 2-3 more years to retire.

None of them sit around an pine about going back, and all seem to be working on backup plans.

Sad, really...it was the Taj Mahal of airline jobs 10 years gao...

 

[ReverseSensing]

And SWA will replace as many of those seats as humanely possible.

.....I think you meant humanly possible, but maybe not.

 

[Colonel Savage]

3 guys on mil leave at my old unit from UAL. One would quit tomorrow to go to DAL or another carrier since his seniority there is worthless (in his opinion). Another is hanging out chasing O-6 part time and doing other stuff--don't know if he'll go back either. # 3 dude still has 2-3 more years to retire.

None of them sit around an pine about going back, and all seem to be working on backup plans.

Sad, really...it was the Taj Mahal of airline jobs 10 years gao...

Albie, I heard you can kick Chuck Norris's A$$! Is that true?

Must be nice!

 

[Andy]

How is the pilot manning situation at UAL? Anyone have any retirement numbers? Are the over 60 guys staying around?

Manning - estimates I've seen had it ~200 short. Definitely no longer the case. Furloughees continue to trickle back to the company, so there's a net gain of pilots every month.

Retirement numbers - Jan 2; Feb 1; Mar 0; Apr 1. ~20 turn 60 each month.