CAL giving up on EWR?

[nimtz]

Guys I think the issue is the Port Authority is raising fees in and out of Newark. I think that may be what all the airlines are adjusting to. The rumor mill at AirTran is that they may be pulling out of Newark because of the increase in fees to operate in and out of Newark. This may be what Continental is reacting to as well the upcoming higher fees.

If that were the case then CAL should start by kicking out every single Dash 8. Instead they are mulling increasing utilization of Colgan. After riding on them a few times, I totally understand why the biz traveler is leaving us behind. Well done Larry, well f*cking done...

 

[Ex737Driver]

Yeah, I'm sure that's it.

It's amazing how blind to the obvious some people are.

Please................enlighten.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Please................enlighten.

United - Continental merger being worked out right in front of your face.

Don't be looking in the wrong direction while the giant dildo is about to be shoved up your a$$.

I honestly can't believe what I read on here from some CAL pilots sometimes. The management there pushes you guys around like no airline management I have ever seen.

 

[luckytohaveajob]

I honestly can't believe what I read on here from some CAL pilots sometimes. The management there pushes you guys around like no airline management I have ever seen.

CAL pilots are a disgrace. They must be enlighted the hard way as to what an airline pilot is suppose to be like as they have never learned the basics of unionism in the past 25 years.

 

[taxicabdriver]

Any idea to why the bid is 10-08?? Shouldn't it be 10-09? And it said the # of active pilots on the 737iah was 589...PBS has the number listed as 689 with the G-line at 546....A little confused....

 

[IAHERJ]

Company claims they took into account all the displacements to EWR and EWR being the most junior base where our most junior have had to commute to(a lot of those commuters being from IAH) when they realigned the staffing. This will supposedly help out those on the bottom end of the seniority list from having to commute to EWR to sit reserve. Just passing along what I've heard. On the 757/767, I fly a lot of legs between IAH and EWR and we almost always have 2 cockpit jumpseaters joining us up front.

 

[Kugelblitz]

CAL pilots are a disgrace. They must be enlighted the hard way as to what an airline pilot is suppose to be like as they have never learned the basics of unionism in the past 25 years.

Unionism has been so very effective these last 25 years.

 

[Eagle757shark]

AirTran, Continental swapping slots at 3 airports
By HARRY R. WEBER (AP) – 2 hours ago
ATLANTA — Discount carrier AirTran Airways plans to stop flying to and from Newark, N.J., and will give its takeoff and landing slots there to Continental Airlines in exchange for Continental slots at airports in Washington and New York, where AirTran faces increased competition from Southwest Airlines, officials said.
An AirTran executive told employees in a memo Tuesday obtained by The Associated Press that the carrier's decision to cease operations effective Oct. 25 at Newark-Liberty International Airport will allow it to expand its operations at Washington Reagan National Airport and New York's LaGuardia Airport.
Southwest began flying to LaGuardia in June and would gain entry to National Airport in Washington if its $170 million bid to buy the parent of Frontier Airlines succeeds. A bankruptcy court auction to sell Frontier is set for Thursday.
The swap is for slots only, and no money is expected to change hands, according to two people familiar with the deal who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because details have not been publicly released.
The officials said that AirTran will give its 10 slots, its single gate and a jetway at Newark to Continental. In exchange, the people said, Continental will give AirTran four slots at LaGuardia and six slots at the Washington airport.
Continental spokeswoman Mary Clark declined to comment.
Low-cost carrier AirTran, a unit of Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran Holdings Inc., plans to add new service to Indianapolis from LaGuardia as a result of its slot pickup from Houston-based Continental Airlines Inc.
AirTran's departure from Newark will come after serving the market for 10 years.
Kevin Healy, senior vice president of marketing and planning for AirTran, said in a memo Tuesday to employees that the carrier's employees at the Newark airport will have the opportunity to work at other airports once AirTran ceases operations at Newark.
"Consolidating our operations at both Reagan National and New York's LaGuardia creates a much more efficient operation and also significantly improves our presence in both of these leading airports," Healy said.
AirTran said the new flights it will add will better connect important markets in the Midwest and South to business and government centers and play an important role in its overall network structure.
Southwest's increased bid Monday to take Frontier out of bankruptcy protection is well above the $108.8 million offered by regional jet operator Republic Airways Holdings Inc.
Buying Frontier would give Southwest service in several new cities and take out one of its two big competitors in Denver.
Southwest has said it would keep all of Frontier's current markets, including Atlanta, one of the last big markets where Southwest doesn't currently fly. It would phase out Frontier's Airbus fleet in favor of Southwest's fleet of Boeing 737s over about two years.
A bankruptcy judge had already approved Republic's bid. But the bankruptcy process allows other bidders to step forward. That's what Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. did on July 30, initially offering a nonbinding bid of $113.6 million. That was basically a placeholder to give it the chance to look at Frontier's books and decide whether it wanted to submit a binding bid.
Denver-based Frontier has been operating under Chapter 11 protection since April 2008.

 

[luckytohaveajob]

Unionism has been so very effective these last 25 years.

Sticking together and telling management where to go and when often works. UAL has a twice renegoiated contract which is still better in every respect than CAL's. Scheduling, Duty Rigs, Vacation, Training, Reserve, Retirement, Benefits, etc. Every section is better at not only UAL, but also DAL, NWA, AMR, and SWA.

CAL pilots will never get what they don't know because they are not unionists. CAL pilots have no understanding of what works. 25 years of fractionating, splicing and beatings have worked.

CAL pilots will do anything management asks and continue to tell themselves nothing will work. They are defeated before they try.

 

[whatitdoing?]

Sticking together and telling management where to go and when often works. UAL has a twice renegoiated contract which is still better in every respect than CAL's. Scheduling, Duty Rigs, Vacation, Training, Reserve, Retirement, Benefits, etc. Every section is better at not only UAL, but also DAL, NWA, AMR, and SWA.

CAL pilots will never get what they don't know because they are not unionists. CAL pilots have no understanding of what works. 25 years of fractionating, splicing and beatings have worked.

CAL pilots will do anything management asks and continue to tell themselves nothing will work. They are defeated before they try.

YAWN!!!!!

 

[SFR]

Yeah, but I doubt I will lose my seat here in the IAH......booyah!!

 

[contrail67]

Probably has some to do with the STAR alliance thing too...there is shifting going on everywhere...almost looks like a new stage is being set. Get Ready.

 

[DontFeedTheBear]

Sticking together and telling management where to go and when often works. UAL has a twice renegoiated contract which is still better in every respect than CAL's. Scheduling, Duty Rigs, Vacation, Training, Reserve, Retirement, Benefits, etc. Every section is better at not only UAL, but also DAL, NWA, AMR, and SWA.

CAL pilots will never get what they don't know because they are not unionists. CAL pilots have no understanding of what works. 25 years of fractionating, splicing and beatings have worked.

CAL pilots will do anything management asks and continue to tell themselves nothing will work. They are defeated before they try.

How about scope??? Think before you say the word "every"!!!

 

[densoo]

Meanwhile, Delta establishes an LGA hub.

 

[100/hour/5y]

Scope???? Maybe, but it will not save us from Colgan's Q400....