Earnings call

[XPOO]

Republic has a similar base structure to L-XJT let's see how their earning report looks.

But I due agree, ever since United starting spreading the L-XJT flying all across the country, especially DEN, they are far from optimized, especially during IROPs

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NAS: RJET) today reported first quarter 2013 net income of $0.3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $7.1 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the first quarter 2012.

 

[badog]

I wont repeat my point again, but I'll add this to it. Who's to say there hasn't been a plan since Day 1? You'd be a fool to think this is all being made up as they go.

If you argue with an idiot, you are an idiot !

 

[SAABaroowski]

I was just thinking the same thing! Why is every other airline (Skywest included) able to rebound, but we are not. I also get the impression management sees this year's winter weather as a one off phenomenon. I see this as the norm, and I see the need to fix an ineffective method of dealing with IROPS.

Because all the people that run the new expressjet are flight attendants without college degrees

 

[Clutch]

Because all the people that run the new expressjet are flight attendants without college degrees

Boom... That's exactly right

 

[pilotnbr1]

Just look at how well Courtney has done with the scheduling dept. uke:

 

[dojetdriver]

I wont repeat my point again, but I'll add this to it. Who's to say there hasn't been a plan since Day 1? You'd be a fool to think this is all being made up as they go.

I'm inclined to believe you are correct. Jerry had a master plan for this all along. Starting with the 2008 "you break it you buy" up to today.

However, due to the complete incompetence displayed by his lackeys in ATL, the inability to "capture the synergies of the merger and save (whatever amount of millions here)" etc etc etc I'm NOW inclined to believe that on a day to day basis, they are indeed, making it up as they go along.

 

[777forever]

I'm inclined to believe you are correct. Jerry had a master plan for this all along. Starting with the 2008 "you break it you buy" up to today.

However, due to the complete incompetence displayed by his lackeys in ATL, the inability to "capture the synergies of the merger and save (whatever amount of millions here)" etc etc etc I'm NOW inclined to believe that on a day to day basis, they are indeed, making it up as they go along.

Expressjet is actually doing well considering where it began. The company has reduced cost tremendously, going from big losses to a breakeven operation with only 50% of merger synergies met. This past quarter was just a hiccup due to weather but also a wakeup call that the E145 operation needs more optimization, like a DEN base.

Now that the pilot unions have come to some sort of an agreement on PBS and done some optimizing themselves (firing CM) maybe a JCBA will be sooner rather than later and more of those merger synergies met.

 

[701EV]

I wonder how more much time does Uncle Jerry gives Brad to get this merger done?

Or does Uncle Jerry send in someone else from St. George to get it done.

 

[rjacobs]

Weird how all this "weather" mostly affects the Expressjet operation and no other regionals....I wonder why?

I am not sure how the other regional contracts are written, but UAL controls and causes most of the cancels at XJT and then doesnt have to pay us for them. Great huh? So instead of them taking a little hit and us taking a little hit when the WX goes to ********************, we just take 100% of it so that UAL doesnt have to pay.

Under our old CPA with CAL if they initiated the cancel than they still paid us. I can completely understand if we cause or initiate the cancel that they shouldn't pay us, but when they do something that we have no control over or say in the matter and then they dont have to pay us because "we didnt complete the flight" is complete horse crap IMO.

 

[wrightbros]

As soon as we start flying those 700s for the union negotiated $2 an hour more than the 50s we will start making money, ohh and Smart pref PBS should do a great job at getting max use out of everyone!

 

[COOPERVANE]

With the Delta CPA, if THEY initiate the cancel we still get paid. Unless it bas changed.

I have flown a roundtrip TOTALLY empty for completion factor more than once.

 

[rjacobs]

So the DAL CPA is like our old CAL CPA then where if they cancel it we still get paid.

Whoever negotiated our current UAL/CAL CPA was an idiot in that regard.

I think this causes UAL to CX WAY TO MANY flights when they dont really have to. Its no skin off their back. I have seen wholesale cancellations of XJT flights in the UAL system(all were listed as "UAL initiated" on the XJET homepage) while mainline operates on time all day(I wonder how empty most of those flights were) and then we look like the bad guys because we have ********************ty performance numbers when it was UAL who caused the cancels in the first place.

 

[jmreii]

Wait and see what the next quarters bring! hopefully its not a lump of coal.

 

[Clutch]

The lifers bitching on xjet.com about the tiny perf plus check is comical. Bitch, you work for a crappy regional!

 

[Oakum_Boy]

$60 bucks is a lot of coin for our FOs who are very fond of the tuna helper. Perhaps they could see fit to purchase something marginally less pungent and contributory toward the ginormous wasitline.

 

[Nevets]

Wait and see what the next quarters bring! hopefully its not a lump of coal.

Lump of coal for the shareholders?

 

[dojetdriver]

The lifers bitching on xjet.com about the tiny perf plus check is comical. Bitch, you work for a crappy regional!

As evidenced by NOT being paid correctly almost EVERY month.

So as I read elsewhere, that post tax check doesn't even cover all the unpaid time fixing the company's and rainmakers continuous screw ups.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

As evidenced by NOT being paid correctly almost EVERY month.

So as I read elsewhere, that post tax check doesn't even cover all the unpaid time fixing the company's and rainmakers continuous screw ups.

You really think that they screw up by accident? Odd, that they never screw up in favor of the pilot.....

 

[pilotyip]

Express Jet question. I heard that they has a high percentage of "No Shows" at recent New Hire class dates

 

[rjacobs]

Express Jet question. I heard that they has a high percentage of "No Shows" at recent New Hire class dates

Supposedly only 14 of 16 showed for class a week or two ago. I wouldnt call that a high percentage.

And who knows what that was for either(our company surely doesnt share ANY information with us about what goes on with our own company). Every regional sucks to work at so maybe they lived in a base of one of the other regionals that are hiring(i.e. everybody but pinnacle) and got a call for them and decided to not commute or move which is smart. I dont think people are not showing up to class because they dont want to fly for the regionals. I talk to guys about once a month or so that are trying to get on with somebody, but they only have 1200 hours(or something like that). They are WANTING to come to the regionals even though I tell them to go back to medical school.