DAL/Expressjet NO More

[sweptback]

Didn't ALPA put language in your current contract to do a just that but with seniority and longevity?

Yeah, it's pretty sad that either he doesn't know his own contract or that he's lying to prove a point.

If SkyWest, Inc. moves airplanes in either direction from SkyWest to ASA (or vice versa), after the 4th (in a year) pilots come with the planes.

And, more importantly, the 5th airplane can't come until a seniority list integration is worked out. Oh, and ASA can't force anybody to transfer to SkyWest, and they also can't furlough anybody hired before 11/07, so they're pretty much stuck in that regard.

 

[dojetdriver]

And, more importantly, the 5th airplane can't come until a seniority list integration is worked out. Oh, and ASA can't force anybody to transfer to SkyWest, and they also can't furlough anybody hired before 11/07, so they're pretty much stuck in that regard.

Now that would be some funny crap to see. SkyWest trying to work out an SLI with ASA. Especially since that was show stopper when they were trying to by XJT.

 

[Nevets]

Now that would be some funny crap to see. SkyWest trying to work out an SLI with ASA. Especially since that was show stopper when they were trying to by XJT.

Their management pretty much said that that language in the ASA contract pretty much kills anything that would trigger it. It is "unpalatable" to them.

I just find it weird that their views on unions are so entrenched that it overrides any business decisions that actually make sense, like the integration of ASA/SKW and the buyout of XJT.

 

[XPOO]

Their management pretty much said that that language in the ASA contract pretty much kills anything that would trigger it. It is "unpalatable" to them.

I just find it weird that their views on unions are so entrenched that it overrides any business decisions that actually make sense, like the integration of ASA/SKW and the buyout of XJT.

Yes, because keeping them seperate is definitely not working. Instead of being the second most profitable airline in the US last year, they could have been number one, right?:smash:

 

[Nevets]

Yes, because keeping them seperate is definitely not working. Instead of being the second most profitable airline in the US last year, they could have been number one, right?:smash:

There is a cost at not integrating the two airlines. Lets face it, there are synergies to be gained with an integration. They may not have been number one but they may have been closer to it. Don't take things so personal or to the heart.

 

[XPOO]

There is a cost at not integrating the two airlines. Lets face it, there are synergies to be gained with an integration. They may not have been number one but they may have been closer to it. Don't take things so personal or to the heart.

These synergies are: ?

 

[Nevets]

These synergies are: ?

Think of all the duplication it takes to run two separate airlines.

 

[XPOO]

I understand the duplication, but it also costs a lot to move an entire operation from ATL to SGU.

 

[Nevets]

I understand the duplication, but it also costs a lot to move an entire operation from ATL to SGU.

Its not even just that, although that would only be one time cost for continued savings going forward. Hell, they were willing to spend a couple hundred million dollars to purchase a whole airline just recently. But just look at the reason why I brought it up in this thread: the transfer of aircraft/pilots/infrastructure and resources to put those assets where they are needed (ATL/SLC/LAX) quickly and without being encumbered with contracts and leases, etc.