United to terminate Aer Lingus-operated IAD-Madrid flight Oct. 31

[UALRATT]

Rear bit of good news but good none the less, and another little battle won.


"We notified Aer Lingus last week of our intent to exercise our right to terminate the enhanced code share on Aug. 1 for service between IAD and MAD (Madrid, Spain). The termination takes effect 90 days after the notification, so the flights will continue through the end of October. We will maintain our other codeshare flights with Aer Lingus, and we will continue to serve MAD via EWR"

 

[Furloughed80]

Great news

 

[Captain Morgan]

Congrats to UAL Pilots, and the industry as a whole.

 

[KarmaPolice]

So US pilots are cheaper?

 

[Yuppyguppy]

Trust me management has a reason for doing this. It's to look good to the NMB...for now.

 

[relief tube]

Trust me management has a reason for doing this. It's to look good to the NMB...for now.

still, it's a good thing. Now all we need is:
-mainline scope relief to stop for good
-63 and 64 year olds to finally retire and get the hell out of the way.
-Spirit/VAmerica/JBlue/Allegiant to merge with Ryanair and move to europe
-southwest allowing fare increases to drop load factors enough to not have commuting and family non-revving be a nightmare

..............and then this industry finally won't suck anymore.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

how many furloughed UAL pilots were employed by Aer Lingus, any idea?

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

There is another reason for this - Michael from Ryan Air is trying a very hostile take over bid for Aer Lingus and I am sure UA does not want to have anything to do with him.