I will except the Nic award

[Taco Rocket]

I doubt those in charge of the SWA/Airtran merger are as starkly stupid as Doug Parker was about the AAA acquisition.
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And how exactly was Parker stupid? He got 1000s of pilots to argue for over 5 years all while earning bankruptcy wages.

Reexamine your assumption that managements "want" or "need" to merge operations.

 

[Sandhawk]

Thanks GOD ALPA left. That corrupt, dishonest organization only benefitted the weak airlines like AWA and the regional airlines- all the ones taht were a drag on the rest of us (AAA, DAL, UAL). Then they let the strikebreakers from '83 in- don't get me started on that one/. Goodby ALPA! You will NEVER be back at USAir

Yeah, ALPA will never be back at USAir.....because USAir (AAA) DIED 5 years ago!

 

[B-atch]

Yeah, ALPA will never be back at USAir.....because USAir (AAA) DIED 5 years ago!

AHHH NOPE!! Wrong again.... The USAir certificate, along with its INTERNATIONAL ROUTE AUTHORITY, you know the one that MAKES money, still exists.

Why do you think the AW certificate was retired??.......... It was WORTHLESS!!

 

[Old School 737]

What's the jr. West P number currently on property and where they at
And in what equipment?

Anybody got this info?
Thx

 

[Cowboy75]

Anybody got this info?
Thx

As of 08/20/10, P3029 (B-737) with furloughed pilots returning.

 

[IBNAV8R]

I agree with MCDU, just can't wait to see the "slotting" of ten year Air Trannies slotted in with 35 year Southwest captains. This is gonna fly! NOT

DOH is the fairest single standard for a reason- let's return sanity to the profession!!!

There's are two HUGE differences here.

First - career expectations. If not for the buyout, "USAir wide-body captain" would have meant driving the "big" forklift in the Walmart stock room. Narrow body would have been relegated to the pallet jacks. Not that there's anything wrong with these lots in life.

Second - Air Tran and Southwest pilots have yet to agree to BINDING arbitration.

 

[Cowboy75]

What's the jr. West P number currently on property and where they at
And in what equipment?

The P-number of the last returning furloughed West pilot is P3105. Not sure of the equipment.

 

[B-atch]

There's are two HUGE differences here.

First - career expectations. If not for the buyout, "USAir wide-body captain" would have meant driving the "big" forklift in the Walmart stock room. Narrow body would have been relegated to the pallet jacks. Not that there's anything wrong with these lots in life.

Second - Air Tran and Southwest pilots have yet to agree to BINDING arbitration.

Another worthless opinion....Why do YOU think the big banks will not allow Airways to fail?? Obviously there is value..
Interesting how as pilots we fight management on every aspect. However, when they cook the books and burn cash in order to show losses,(for obvious purposes) we take their word for it..

If USAirways is, was, such a lost cause, WHY IS IT STILL AROUND??
Ever asked yourself this question, genius!! It has been kept ALIVE not for the good of the employees, but because IT HAS VALUE!!

Now go back to YOUR merger and give your opinion where it matters.

 

[IBNAV8R]

Another worthless opinion....Why do YOU think the big banks will not allow Airways to fail?? Obviously there is value..
Interesting how as pilots we fight management on every aspect. However, when they cook the books and burn cash in order to show losses,(for obvious purposes) we take their word for it..

If USAirways is, was, such a lost cause, WHY IS IT STILL AROUND??
Ever asked yourself this question, genius!! It has been kept ALIVE not for the good of the employees, but because IT HAS VALUE!!

Now go back to YOUR merger and give your opinion where it matters.

Are you saying that USAir was NOT days away from parking airplanes when they were saved by buyout? They were/are too big to fail?

 

[B-atch]

Are you saying that USAir was NOT days away from parking airplanes when they were saved by buyout? They were/are too big to fail?

Nope, I'm just saying that corporations will do ANYTHING to get the courts and government to see their way...
Take a look at whats happened to the industry in the last 11 years..
An obvious example is the DAL, NW CH11 filing just 2 months before the change in bankruptcy rules.