Some Regional Predictions from Michael Boyd and the Boyd Group

[JoeMerchant]

If the RJ is on it's way out, why would the Delta and UAL/CAL pilots want to spend negotiating capital on something that is going away?

 

[Freebrd]

JennyLee is a putzzz, and those who fly with him know it too.

 

[General Lee]

If the RJ is on it's way out, why would the Delta and UAL/CAL pilots want to spend negotiating capital on something that is going away?

50 seaters are going away, which is a given. 70 seaters may be next. If the 76 seaters are currently replacing smaller mainline planes (94 UAL 733s and 735s were dumped to facilitate a merger, not because the demand wasn't there), then we may want to take a look at them. Maybe bringing E175s into the flock would be a good start. Could we have done that with Compass? Sure, but we didn't own Compass, the company did, and they decided to sell it before our talks. They saw Dalpa wasn't going to give in on 100 seaters, and then wanted to get out of the Regional owning business. Nobody wants to buy Comair, I guess.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

JennyLee is a putzzz, and those who fly with him know it too.

Ummmm, what? What are your Viet Kong Captains saying about you? I bet it ain't ME SO HORNY. More like "This jackwagon is crazy."


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[crj567]

Gen Lee will still be flamebaiting at 140,000 posts, and his unfortunate anatomical abnormalities will still be just as severe.

-140,000 posts still won't get you a big boy unit, Gen. Look at the bright side: there will always be a bright future for you in mouse porn.

-Just deal.

 

[Medeco]

blah blah blah. Great, you have friends that are at the hedge funds. I married into a rich family, and my wife makes more money than most swa captains as an ad exec here in atl. Zippy di do..... And, i enjoy my job, get time off and don't have to work 9-5, fly all over the world, and i have time to get on fi and enjoy my passion: Aviation debate. I think i have a great life. you and your friends the bankers don't sound so great. Most people on wall st don't make it big, only their bosses.


Bye bye--general lee

omg...

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Gen Lee will still be flamebaiting at 140,000 posts, and his unfortunate anatomical abnormalities will still be just as severe.

-140,000 posts still won't get you a big boy unit, Gen. Look at the bright side: there will always be a bright future for you in mouse porn.

-Just deal.

Gotta ask: How are you so familiar with qualifications for mouse porn?

 

[crj567]

Gotta ask: How are you so familiar with qualifications for mouse porn?

Saw a billboard in LBB. I am pretty sure Gen Lee was the guy molesting that little mouse.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Saw a billboard in LBB. I am pretty sure Gen Lee was the guy molesting that little mouse.

Fair enough. Someone commented on the apparent diminuitive size of my junk in another thread. Was looking into a career in that area as a result.

 

[crj567]

Fair enough. Someone commented on the apparent diminuitive size of my junk in another thread. Was looking into a career in that area as a result.

Life hands you lemons-make lemonade! -I love success stories!!

 

[General Lee]

Life hands you lemons-make lemonade! -I love success stories!!

I am sure you will achieve yours someday when you do get that lav dumping job in Minot. Keep reaching for the stars, and keep wearing those cool blue gloves you love so much!


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Saw a billboard in LBB. I am pretty sure Gen Lee was the guy molesting that little mouse.

Wait, I was told those billboards were ONLY going to be shown in Reno and Japan. DAMN THOSE GUYS!


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[marycon]

Wow, 3 pages and you homos still keep posting replies to this thread!? So you idiots can't realize that General Lee posts this stuff just to get a reaction from all you nancy boys?

Seriously, at this point you braniacs must know that his post will be inflammatory so why do you even bother reading it much less replying to it? Normally I'd say get a life, but yet here I am replying to this moronic post. Christ, now I've been drawn in to this asinine thread.

 

[johnsonrod]

Wow, 3 pages and you homos still keep posting replies to this thread!? So you idiots can't realize that General Lee posts this stuff just to get a reaction from all you nancy boys?

Seriously, at this point you braniacs must know that his post will be inflammatory so why do you even bother reading it much less replying to it? Normally I'd say get a life, but yet here I am replying to this moronic post. Christ, now I've been drawn in to this asinine thread.

Go away sad sad man. Go back to your closet.

 

[ePilot22]

Go away sad sad man. Go back to your closet.

How many CAL pilots did your cheap outsourced job put on the street?




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[Jetjockey]

How many CAL pilots did your cheap outsourced job put on the street?



eP.

I think the better question is how many potential jobs at CAL mainline were turned into lower paying regional jobs?

 

[johnsonrod]

How many CAL pilots did your cheap outsourced job put on the street?




eP.

Most of the CAL pilots I saw that were furloughed were the guys in the left seat via the flowdown from CAL. They all seemed happy to have a job and not be on the street. Think of that, mainline pilots happy to be flying RJs. It will happen again, but this time with the larger RJs. And that means some of us (not you most likely) will move up the ladder too. Enjoy your misery.

 

[ePilot22]

Most of the CAL pilots I saw that were furloughed were the guys that bumped me out of the left seat temporarily via the flowdown. They all seemed happy to have a job and not be on the street. Think of that, mainline pilots happy to be flying RJs. It will happen again, but this time with the larger RJs. And that means some of us (not you most likely) will move up the ladder too. Enjoy your misery.

Bumped? You mean you didn't OFFER your seat to the pilot you took it from?



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[johnsonrod]

Bumped? You mean you didn't OFFER your seat to the pilot you took it from?



eP.

You must be on drugs, or just plain dumb. There was a flow down and a flow up, and many took advantage of that deal. I wasn't hired in time for that. But, hopefully more mainline MECs will try to take back some of their old flying with the larger RJs, and I will get hired to go along with them. You won't, though, and no source needed.

 

[ePilot22]

You must be on drugs, or just plain dumb. There was a flow down and a flow up, and many took advantage of that deal. I wasn't hired in time for that. But, hopefully more mainline MECs will try to take back some of their old flying with the larger RJs, and I will get hired to go along with them. You won't, though, and no source needed.

Are you on the MEC at XJT?



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[johnsonrod]

Are you on the MEC at XJT?



eP.

This is an anonymous board. Is your name Phil Mycrackin? I bet it is.

 

[ePilot22]

This is an anonymous board. Is your name Phil Mycrackin? I bet it is.

That would be the perfect answer if the question had been "Is this an anonymous board?". But it wasn't.

I'll ask the question again, real slowly, so that you might understand it. Feel free to read the question twice before responding.

Are you on the MEC at XJT?



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[Yuppyguppy]

The RJ's are going to get parked especially the 50's in the next 2-3 years and we are talking 100's of em. All of that flying will go back to mainline and then you guys will have to deal with finding a new job. Good thing I will be on the hiring committee to help you out.

 

[Varmint]

Wow, 3 pages and you homos still keep posting replies to this thread!? So you idiots can't realize that General Lee posts this stuff just to get a reaction from all you nancy boys?

Seriously, at this point you braniacs must know that his post will be inflammatory so why do you even bother reading it much less replying to it? Normally I'd say get a life, but yet here I am replying to this moronic post. Christ, now I've been drawn in to this asinine thread.

I think he posts this stuff and gets on the Regional boards because it strokes his ego to be able to belittle people he feels are below his level. It has nothing to do with "aviation debate" being a hobby (as he stated in a previous post) because a good debater never makes personal attacks or gets shaken by those who personally attack him.

 

[ePilot22]

The RJ's are going to get parked especially the 50's in the next 2-3 years and we are talking 100's of em. All of that flying will go back to mainline and then you guys will have to deal with finding a new job. Good thing I will be on the hiring committee to help you out.

Yep. Can't wait.

What are you going to do though. You wont have any reason to post on FI any longer.

Sucks.



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[General Lee]

More "sources" for you eD.

Joshua Freed, AP Airlines Writer, On Thursday January 13, 2011, 7:48 pm EST

Delta Air Lines Inc. is considering an order for as many as 200 jets -- possibly with options for 200 more -- to replace the aging fleet it uses for domestic flying.

Delta said it asked "several major aircraft manufacturers" for proposals for firm orders for 100 to 200 planes, with options for 200 more, with deliveries to begin in early 2013. No decisions about an order have been made yet, said Nat Pieper, Delta's vice president for fleet strategy and transactions. The request went to manufacturers in late December.
The new planes would replace Delta workhorses such as the DC-9-50s and Airbus A320s that it got when it bought Northwest Airlines in 2008, as well as Boeing 757-200s, which both airlines have operated.

CEO Richard Anderson said in a message to employees that Delta pilots will fly the new planes, not feeder carriers. Delta has shifted flying away from feeder carriers, and has gotten rid of more than 70 of its 50-seat regional jets and 25 Saab 340 turboprops.

A jet order will give Delta the size of planes it needs "to be able to replace retiring airplanes and have modest growth when the economy and fuel prices support it," Anderson said. He said Delta is looking for small, medium, and large planes in the "narrowbody" category, meaning planes with a single aisle for passengers.

Boeing Co. and Airbus, a unit of EADS, are the main manufacturers who could meet such an order, although Chinese and Brazilian manufacturers also plan new planes of the size Delta is looking for.



Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

I think he posts this stuff and gets on the Regional boards because it strokes his ego to be able to belittle people he feels are below his level. It has nothing to do with "aviation debate" being a hobby (as he stated in a previous post) because a good debater never makes personal attacks or gets shaken by those who personally attack him.

Thanks James Carville.......a good debater.........what??? He is the best around, and slams people left and right. Did you hear how he talks about Palin? Debate that. I bet you can't.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[ePilot22]

Joshua Freed, AP Airlines Writer, On Thursday January 13, 2011, 7:48 pm EST

Delta Air Lines Inc. is considering an order for as many as 200 jets -- possibly with options for 200 more -- to replace the aging fleet it uses for domestic flying.

Delta said it asked "several major aircraft manufacturers" for proposals for firm orders for 100 to 200 planes, with options for 200 more, with deliveries to begin in early 2013. No decisions about an order have been made yet, said Nat Pieper, Delta's vice president for fleet strategy and transactions. The request went to manufacturers in late December.
The new planes would replace Delta workhorses such as the DC-9-50s and Airbus A320s that it got when it bought Northwest Airlines in 2008, as well as Boeing 757-200s, which both airlines have operated.

CEO Richard Anderson said in a message to employees that Delta pilots will fly the new planes, not feeder carriers. Delta has shifted flying away from feeder carriers, and has gotten rid of more than 70 of its 50-seat regional jets and 25 Saab 340 turboprops.

A jet order will give Delta the size of planes it needs "to be able to replace retiring airplanes and have modest growth when the economy and fuel prices support it," Anderson said. He said Delta is looking for small, medium, and large planes in the "narrowbody" category, meaning planes with a single aisle for passengers.

Boeing Co. and Airbus, a unit of EADS, are the main manufacturers who could meet such an order, although Chinese and Brazilian manufacturers also plan new planes of the size Delta is looking for.



Bye Bye--General Lee

Well done. One gold star for you.



eP.

 

[ePilot22]

I think the better question is how many potential jobs at CAL mainline were turned into lower paying regional jobs?

I will defer to johnsonsrod's expertise. He can provide you with an exact guess.



eP.

 

[ePilot22]

Joshua Freed, AP Airlines Writer, On Thursday January 13, 2011, 7:48 pm EST

Delta Air Lines Inc. is considering an order for as many as 200 jets -- possibly with options for 200 more -- to replace the aging fleet it uses for domestic flying.

Delta said it asked "several major aircraft manufacturers" for proposals for firm orders for 100 to 200 planes, with options for 200 more, with deliveries to begin in early 2013. No decisions about an order have been made yet, said Nat Pieper, Delta's vice president for fleet strategy and transactions. The request went to manufacturers in late December.
The new planes would replace Delta workhorses such as the DC-9-50s and Airbus A320s that it got when it bought Northwest Airlines in 2008, as well as Boeing 757-200s, which both airlines have operated.

CEO Richard Anderson said in a message to employees that Delta pilots will fly the new planes, not feeder carriers. Delta has shifted flying away from feeder carriers, and has gotten rid of more than 70 of its 50-seat regional jets and 25 Saab 340 turboprops.

A jet order will give Delta the size of planes it needs "to be able to replace retiring airplanes and have modest growth when the economy and fuel prices support it," Anderson said. He said Delta is looking for small, medium, and large planes in the "narrowbody" category, meaning planes with a single aisle for passengers.

Boeing Co. and Airbus, a unit of EADS, are the main manufacturers who could meet such an order, although Chinese and Brazilian manufacturers also plan new planes of the size Delta is looking for.



Bye Bye--General Lee

This doesn't really say anything.

Sounds like replacement jets for Delta and the fact they've removed some 50 seaters. Nothing about continuing to remove more aircraft.

RA might actually be stating that fact they've removed 50 seaters so you go home happy while they ADD 70 seaters.

Gullible. Haha!



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