RAH to buy another Airline?

[SCE to AUX]

Anyone know anything about RAH buying Caribbean Sun? Why would they need this airline?

 

[SYX328]

Where are you discovering this at???

 

[Master Shake]

He's not discovering anything. It is just a slow day at Flightinfo.

 

[goahead]

Tell Skip all the ASA guys said hey

 

[The Drizzle]

Funny, for some reason this rumor keeps gaining more and more inertia. This isn't the first place i've heard this one.

 

[jeroom]

I thought... I mean I heard from a very very official source that Caribbean Sun was already in the talks to buy ASA from Skywest...And the new hub will be Providenciales. We'll be serving fresh pineapples inflight and free Margueritas, and all the pilots will get a free Ipod with Jimmy Buffets greatest hits already downloaded.

 

[Propilot77]

He's right! I am still working there and Republic people were there looking at the operation and handing out their business cards and this has been confirmed in official company news! No one can figure this one out.

 

[Truckdriver]

I thought RAH was buying XJT. A hostile takeover or something like that to get the 69 airplanes they need.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

I thought... I mean I heard from a very very official source that Caribbean Sun was already in the talks to buy ASA from Skywest...And the new hub will be Providenciales. We'll be serving fresh pineapples inflight and free Margueritas, and all the pilots will get a free Ipod with Jimmy Buffets greatest hits already downloaded.

Methinks every pilot worth his salt (no pun intended) should know how to spell margarita...............

 

[slackass]

How about Mesa? Stock is cheap and they come with almost 300 mil in cash in the bank.

 

[pudnocker]

Rumors
Always
Hillarious

 

[outtahere]

So I guess the guys at CS can expect the same hospitiable welcome the you skuz gave to the Shuttle guys huh?

 

[Mike man]

Where are you discovering this at???

Using proper English the sentence would be:

Where are you discovering this???

 

[EMB170Pilot]

So I guess the guys at CS can expect the same hospitiable welcome the you skuz gave to the Shuttle guys huh?

 

[8HourPilot]

Next please.

So I guess the guys at CS can expect the same hospitiable welcome the you skuz gave to the Shuttle guys huh?

 

[SennaP1]

So I guess the guys at CS can expect the same hospitiable welcome the you skuz gave to the Shuttle guys huh?

Are you retarded?

 

[EMBPLT]

So I guess the guys at CS can expect the same hospitiable welcome the you skuz gave to the Shuttle guys huh?

Yeah, we would most certainly give them a great integration with the same pay they were receiving.

Please refrain from insulting people when you don't know the story.

 

[Propilot77]

Not to sure about that one since our Captains (Dash 8) make what your 170 Captains make and our FO starting pay is at your 4 year FO pay. So right now it would most likely be a pay cut based on their history!

 

[RP170]

Yeah, we would most certainly give them a great integration with the same pay they were receiving.

Please refrain from insulting people when you don't know the story.

And don't forget that they get to bid #1 as FO's since they are the most senior FO's on the 170! They are now senior enough as FO's to begin upgrading too! Sounds like a pretty nice deal to me since their company was acquired by Republic.

Look at what happened to the TWA guys when American bought them. If you get bought out you will most likely take it in the a$$. That's why the Shuttle Saab drivers should be happy with what they got. And if they don't like it then leave because I'm tired of hearing them whine and complain about it!

Maybe I should have demanded to be placed on Republic's seniority list with my ACA DOH huh? There are a lot more guys at this company that have been screwed over far more than any Shuttle Saab driver ever has or ever will be.

I accepted that fact that $hit happens in this industry and started over at the bottom again and didn't complain. This is a subject that has really gotten under my skin. Rant over!

 

[ms_chq]

RP170,

You need to shut up! Not all the Shuttle Saab drivers complain nor not all of the RAH pilots think like you. They deserve their longevity back, don't you think you ned to be supportive about that insteand of whinning?

They are not complaining what number they are on the list but fighting to get back their longevity. As a RAH pilot, you don't give that support for them instead you think ALL of them are whinning about it. Do you think they want to know what happened? Do you think they want the unions support? Do you think they need your support?

Management will say NO to anything on the contract but it's the Union that's supposed to fight for the membership, even I know that. So, what side of the fence are you?

 

[TAWS]

I think RP170 is correct, although I haven't heard any of them whine, infact most have come to realize that they got a decent deal - not a great deal, but much better than the alternative. You can say that the union screwed up, but from what I understand, ALPA rules in this situation would have left them out in the cold (I may be wrong).
Nevertheless, they got to keep their current pay, better benefits and better work rules than they had previously - all for sitting right seat. That's a better deal than many would get in a similar situation.

 

[BlueCanoe]

They are not complaining what number they are on the list but fighting to get back their longevity. As a RAH pilot, you don't give that support for them instead you think ALL of them are whinning about it. Do you think they want to know what happened? Do you think they want the unions support? Do you think they need your support?

Management will say NO to anything on the contract but it's the Union that's supposed to fight for the membership, even I know that. So, what side of the fence are you?

This may be the most retarted post I've read. I'm dumber now than prior to reading it.

The company is complying with an agreement from the integration, and people bitch. It's people like you that need to quit talking because you make us all look stupid. It's not our fault (the native pilots of CHQ) that the S5 guys felt Captain pay protection (short-term gain) is more important than longevity (long-term gain). They made their bed, now they have to lay in it.

If the company makes an agreement, then we ask them to break it, we're setting a precedent we don't want. How is the union "fighting for the membership" if we ask the company to ignore a written agreement? That's like asking them to just ignore the reserve portion of the contract for $3.00/hr raises for everyone.

 

[BlueCanoe]

Not to sure about that one since our Captains (Dash 8) make what your 170 Captains make and our FO starting pay is at your 4 year FO pay. So right now it would most likely be a pay cut based on their history!

Where can this be verified? It's not on APC....

 

[RP170]

Nevertheless, they got to keep their current pay, better benefits and better work rules than they had previously - all for sitting right seat. That's a better deal than many would get in a similar situation.

Exactly. Enough said.