CAL History question

[EMBpilot]

Here are CAL's problems:

1. Not attracting the best throughout it's history - substandard contracts, scabs, notscabs, but those who raised gear for scabs for 15 years and gone upside down in their heads.

2. Weak union - company constantly buying out the leaders who sell their souls and then their brothers.

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

But if you live in one of the bases and don't care of any of that you'll enjoy it.

 

[jmreii]

Here are CAL's problems:

1. Not attracting the best throughout it's history - substandard contracts, scabs, notscabs, but those who raised gear for scabs for 15 years and gone upside down in their heads.

2. Weak union - company constantly buying out the leaders who sell their souls and then their brothers.

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

But if you live in one of the bases and don't care of any of that you'll enjoy it.

Come on, now how do you really feel about Continental?

 

[Homer Jay]

Here are CAL's problems:

1. Not attracting the best throughout it's history - substandard contracts, scabs, notscabs, but those who raised gear for scabs for 15 years and gone upside down in their heads.

2. Weak union - company constantly buying out the leaders who sell their souls and then their brothers.

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

But if you live in one of the bases and don't care of any of that you'll enjoy it.

The guys hired here in the last couple years are NOT the old typical CAL hire. Things will change here. We just need to get the furloughs back and start hiring again off the street. It's only a matter of time until us "young" guys outnumber the "bend over and take anything" guys. It'll happen. Have patience.

 

[BID]

Here are CAL's problems:

1. Not attracting the best throughout it's history - substandard contracts, scabs, notscabs, but those who raised gear for scabs for 15 years and gone upside down in their heads.

2. Weak union - company constantly buying out the leaders who sell their souls and then their brothers.

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

But if you live in one of the bases and don't care of any of that you'll enjoy it.

Well, I disagree with all of your points.

 

[zonker]

Here are CAL's problems:

1. Not attracting the best throughout it's history - substandard contracts, scabs, notscabs, but those who raised gear for scabs for 15 years and gone upside down in their heads.

2. Weak union - company constantly buying out the leaders who sell their souls and then their brothers.

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

But if you live in one of the bases and don't care of any of that you'll enjoy it.

Ha ha, just wait until DL rolls up CVG, MEM, and MSP.

Have fun with that.

 

[EWR_FO]

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

Not to rain on your parade but that is laughable, you need to read an annual report. I don't know if you have noticed but the used airplane market isn't exactly cooking right now. If you were leasing an airplane to someone right now, would you let the guy out of the lease?

 

[SFR]

Here are CAL's problems:

1. Not attracting the best throughout it's history - substandard contracts, scabs, notscabs, but those who raised gear for scabs for 15 years and gone upside down in their heads.

2. Weak union - company constantly buying out the leaders who sell their souls and then their brothers.

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

But if you live in one of the bases and don't care of any of that you'll enjoy it.

You are a littly nuts, maybe you should go to SWA. But you are right about living in base.

 

[Sonny Crockett]

Can any of you CAL guys comment about your latest ALPA updates?

Our last few ALPA-MEC updates at UAL seem to have all kinds of "meetings" and other functions with both MEC's of UAL and CAL meeting all last week. I think we are getting our contracts in line with each other.

We keep hearing all kinds of rumors here at UAL, just curious what you guys at CAL are hearing?

 

[Kharma Police]

Here are CAL's problems:

1. Not attracting the best throughout it's history - substandard contracts, scabs, notscabs, but those who raised gear for scabs for 15 years and gone upside down in their heads.

2. Weak union - company constantly buying out the leaders who sell their souls and then their brothers.

3. Assets/liabilities ratio - a big part of the company is a bubble with leases and contract training all over. CAL can easily downsize overnight by 30-40% - great set up from the executive point of view.

But if you live in one of the bases and don't care of any of that you'll enjoy it.

Sounds exacltly like the company I work for (minus the hats, heavies and RJs). Continental, the AirTran of the Legacies.

 

[Pocono Pilot]

I think CAL is more like Mesa than AirTran if you ask me. LOL