Don't mess with Texas!

[MCI transplant]

http://news.yahoo.co.....sector.html

 

[WNMECH]

TEXAS SECURES CONCESSIONS

Under the agreement announced on Tuesday, the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport would remain a hub for the combined carrier, whose headquarters would be in Texas. Almost two dozen small Texas airports would continue to get daily service, the Texas attorney general's office said.

 

[wings396]

Who says that they are concessions? I'm pretty sure that the combined airlines were going to do all of the items anyways. The DFW hub along with keeping it the HDQ were a given from day one. The 20 cities weren't listed that I know of, and I would imagine that 90% are Eagle stations to begin with.

 

[AA767JET]

This was one of the paragraphs that came out of the article wrtten in the Fort Worth star telegram , notice in the end it says for three years .. So does that mean that AA is going To move their headquarters after that time ???

During a news conference with American’s CEO Tom Horton at DFW Airport, Abbott said the carriers committed to continuing air service to 22 Texas communities including several rural airports and keeping the company’s headquarters in Texas for three years.

 

[Jacobin777]

We know how this will end in a few years if the merger goes through.

History is a great guide.

 

[wings396]

Where and why would they move HDQ in 3 years, or anytime at all? Minus another very unlikely merger, it won't happen. AA has a top notch facility at their HDQ and training center that would be hard to beat. Mergers have been about the only reasons for a relocation of any HDQ's in the past 20+ years.

 

[Ifly2]

Caved

Got to save face, a little

Nothing else to see here

 

[AA767JET]

Where and why would they move HDQ in 3 years, or anytime at all? Minus another very unlikely merger, it won't happen. AA has a top notch facility at their HDQ and training center that would be hard to beat. Mergers have been about the only reasons for a relocation of any HDQ's in the past 20+ years.

They also said this about AFW ....

 

[wings396]

Your on a different page with HDQ and a MTC facility. Unfortunatly large parts of MTC were outsourced due to the BK contract process. The top guns won't screw themselves with a relocation of their home office.

 

[AA767JET]

Your on a different page with HDQ and a MTC facility. Unfortunatly large parts of MTC were outsourced due to the BK contract process. The top guns won't screw themselves with a relocation of their home office.

Most of if not all of AA top guns are being replaced with USair folks so if it's true what you are saying that the top guns won't screw themselves with a relocation of their home office then look for HDQ's to be moved in the next 3 to 4 years ... I'm just keeping it real here ... And just pointing out the facts ....

 

[wings396]

So your telling me that once the top brass from US relocates to the DFW area, that they are going to pick up and leave in a few years? I don't see that taking place given what the HDQ facilities are in DFW, and can't see them spending the money to build another facility in another state. From what I have read, they are doing a blend of mgmt from both sides. Only time will tell who is right on this topic.

 

[AA767JET]

So your telling me that once the top brass from US relocates to the DFW area, that they are going to pick up and leave in a few years? I don't see that taking place given what the HDQ facilities are in DFW, and can't see them spending the money to build another facility in another state. From what I have read, they are doing a blend of mgmt from both sides. Only time will tell who is right on this topic.

I hear yah brother !! Where just going to have to wait and see ...

 

[Ifly2]

If we worker bees get really really lucky, they'll move hdq somewhere far far away and very isolated

Maybe the Cook Islands

And send the middle mgmt somewhere even more remote

 

[jimntx]

Greg Abbott is going to run for governor in the next election. This "taking AMR to the mat and making them do (what they planned to do anyway)" is nothing more than material for campaign literature. Anyone want to make a sucker bet? Somewhere in the campaign literature or in his speeches there will be mention of "all the Texas jobs he saved in the AA/LCC merger" and "the air service he secured for Texas cities."

This "agreement" he "negotiated" is like Rick Perry bragging in his next Presidential campaign that he "made" Greg Abbott agree to run for governor.

 

[MCI transplant]

This was one of the paragraphs that came out of the article wrtten in the Fort Worth star telegram , notice in the end it says for three years .. So does that mean that AA is going To move their headquarters after that time ???

During a news conference with American's CEO Tom Horton at DFW Airport, Abbott said the carriers committed to continuing air service to 22 Texas communities including several rural airports and keeping the company's headquarters in Texas for three years.

It just looks like AA Management is playing one of their favorite games of putting out veiled threats, and playing that card down the road for further concessions from the City/State, or workers? ---- I think we've all been there!