Continental Cuts Jobs

[Limeyflyer]

Breaking News from MSNBC
Continental Airlines cuts 3000 jobs. Reduces capacity by 11% for the 4th Quarter.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

Mesa Sucks!

Yes! I'm 1st

 

[XPOO]

Here is the link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24981668

 

[s.o.sJTB]

Mesa Sucks!

Yes! I'm 1st

Another 12 year old kid mentality on FI, this is getting heavier than what happened at the end of 2001 when your in third grade....

Yes I am bitter when it comes to this.

 

[Texx]

Breaking News from MSNBC
Continental Airlines cuts 3000 jobs. Reduces capacity by 11% for the 4th Quarter.

So...

 

[CoATP]

Another 12 year old kid mentality on FI, this is getting heavier than what happened at the end of 2001 when your in third grade....

Yes I am bitter when it comes to this.

Is that when you were in First grade and were sick the day they explained that "your" is not a contraction for "you were"?

 

[OK Bud!]

So...

So, Not only is Continental cutting capacity, but the two top execs are foregoing their salaries for the rest of the year. I know its more of a gesture than anyting else, but its a nice gesture.

 

[atlcrashpad]

So, Not only is Continental cutting capacity, but the two top execs are foregoing their salaries for the rest of the year. I know its more of a gesture than anyting else, but its a nice gesture.

Salaries aint nuttin'.... itz duh Bonuses they gets............. it adds up ta millions..........
Jus axe Leo Mullins...... no salary, but bonus afta bonus added up ta $$$$$$$$$...
bouyyyyyyyyyyy....

 

[OK Bud!]

Salaries aint nuttin'.... itz duh Bonuses they gets............. it adds up ta millions..........
Jus axe Leo Mullins...... no salary, but bonus afta bonus added up ta $$$$$$$$$...
bouyyyyyyyyyyy....

I believe that article says salaries AND bonuses. BTW, you crack me up.

 

[Crash Pad]

Maybe they will make it up in stock options.... haha

 

[EMB170Pilot]

Another 12 year old kid mentality on FI, this is getting heavier than what happened at the end of 2001 when your in third grade....

Yes I am bitter when it comes to this.

Get the sand out of your vagina

 

[PCL_128]

So, Not only is Continental cutting capacity, but the two top execs are foregoing their salaries for the rest of the year. I know its more of a gesture than anyting else, but its a nice gesture.

"Nice gestures" won't pay the bills for the furloughed pilots.

 

[Bdfg1]

"Nice gestures" won't pay the bills for the furloughed pilots.

Alpa will take care of them right?

See ya!

 

[Caspian27]

Oh please don't bring that same old stale fight over to another thread....

 

[climbhappy]

as a gesture , at least it is the right one. i would forego pay until they posted a profit.

 

[WalterSobchak]

From the article:

Houston-based Continental said it will begin pulling back on flights in September, when departures on its mainline operations will drop about 16 percent below September 2007 levels. Fourth-quarter capacity will fall 11 percent.

Interesting that they throw that qualifier on there.

The way I see it, the gesture of the two top big-wigs not taking anymore compensation for the year will be used as a bargaining chip and a management request/negotiation for the loosening of scope is right around the corner. Regardless if scope is loosened or not, what's next is someone...be it XJT, SKW, CHQ, etc...is going to get some CO flying.

Until this economic terrorism we are facing with the ridiculous price of oil subsides a little...right or wrong, like it or not...I think the regionals that play their cards right stand to benefit the most from all of this mess. Great for the regional lifers, not so great for everyone else.

 

[buxflyr]

Mesa Sucks!

Yes! I'm 1st

Dude, I am so glad you got a picture without your face in it. That girl is hot!!!

 

[PCL_128]

Everybody ignore PCL the pathetic little ALPA troll and let's get back on topic.

Maybe you should take a look back and see who it was that got this thread off topic. Hint: it wasn't me.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Maybe you should take a look back and see who it was that got this thread off topic. Hint: it wasn't me.

You kept running with it, though...making sure to get your jabs in on USAPA in a frickin' thread about Continental. (I thought calling a pilot group "scabs" was a no-no around here these days...?)

Not to mention...the post that shot the wheels off was directly related to your track record of constant "ALPA is God" rhetoric.

Once, just once...can we have some sort of civil discourse about the uncertainty of everything that is going on in this industry without you or Rez coming along and turning into a union pissing match? None of this has anything to do with ALPA, USAPA, SWAPA, the Teamsters, the MLBPA, theAssociation of Pizza Delivery Drivers, the Screen Actors Guild (or the Film Actors Guild, for that matter)...it has to do with 3,000 people losing their jobs and airplanes being grounded because of fuel costs. 3,000 people that, despite the best efforts of their union, will not be bringing home a paycheck in the coming months.

So then, if it is relevant, by all means invoke union discussion...but, please, leave the rhetoric that 95% of us here are sick and tired of hearing from you and Rez out of this.

 

[PCL_128]

You kept running with it, though...making sure to get your jabs in on USAPA in a frickin' thread about Continental. (I thought calling a pilot group "scabs" was a no-no around here these days...?)

Not to mention...the post that shot the wheels off was directly related to your track record of constant "ALPA is God" rhetoric.

Once, just once...can we have some sort of civil discourse about the uncertainty of everything that is going on in this industry without you or Rez coming along and turning into a union pissing match? None of this has anything to do with ALPA, USAPA, SWAPA, the Teamsters, the MLBPA, theAssociation of Pizza Delivery Drivers, the Screen Actors Guild (or the Film Actors Guild, for that matter)...it has to do with 3,000 people losing their jobs and airplanes being grounded because of fuel costs. 3,000 people that, despite the best efforts of their union, will not be bringing home a paycheck in the coming months.

So then, if it is relevant, by all means invoke union discussion...but, please, leave the rhetoric that 95% of us here are sick and tired of hearing from you and Rez out of this.

Again, Rez and myself don't just come along and insert the union discussion of our own accord. We merely respond when other posters start attacking. If Bdfg1 never would have posted an ALPA attack, then I never would have entered this thread. You don't like the union talk? Then blame the guy who started it, not me.