Pit. Express Station
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ClueByFour
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Once the post-October schedule comes out, I'll believe it.
Kev3188
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Light Years
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PIT pretty much IS all Express already. At some points during the day you'd be hard pressed to find a mainline plane. Its mostly ERJs and Saabs.
It's no secret that MAA will take over most if not all of the 737 flying out of PIT. If it is to remain a hub, though, there would be the token LAX, SFO, LAS, SEA service along with a few Carribbeans. The limited transatlantic service could easily go again if they decide to put that plane on a new run out of PHL. So I dont think they could actually make it a completly Express/ML Express operated station (as in ground handling). They could just keep around a handful of mainline employees to work the few mainline flights in that situation.
As a matter of interest, wil there be actual MAA division customer service/fleet service employees, or is that basically what "mainline express" is? I was under the impression that mainline employees are currently ground handling the EMB, at least at the hubs.
It's no secret that MAA will take over most if not all of the 737 flying out of PIT. If it is to remain a hub, though, there would be the token LAX, SFO, LAS, SEA service along with a few Carribbeans. The limited transatlantic service could easily go again if they decide to put that plane on a new run out of PHL. So I dont think they could actually make it a completly Express/ML Express operated station (as in ground handling). They could just keep around a handful of mainline employees to work the few mainline flights in that situation.
As a matter of interest, wil there be actual MAA division customer service/fleet service employees, or is that basically what "mainline express" is? I was under the impression that mainline employees are currently ground handling the EMB, at least at the hubs.
ClueByFour
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It would not suprise me at all to find that DL has more mainline ex-CVG than US has out of PIT.Phoenix said:
Was told by a very reliable supervisor at PIT that if the hub were to go, things would look like thisLight Years said:
BOS
LGA
DCA
CLT
PHL
ORD
MCO
LAX
SFO
DEN
RDU
PHX
SEA
FRA(seasonal)
All would be served by Mainline.
If the hub stays, a large portion of the 737 flying would replaced by MAA. With the exception of west coast flights, Mainline would look like this:
BOS
LGA
DCA
PHL
CLT
FRA
LGW
SJU
MBJ
CUN
RDU
ORD
DFW
IAH
BWI
TPA
MIA
FLL
RSW
PBI
MCO
You might see the occasional 737 going to BUF/SYR/ROC/MDT and cities of that nature, but you'd be LUCKY
ringmaruf
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When US commissioned that fancy economic impact survey, they said what service would remain in the event of a hub closure. Granted, things have changed a bit since then.
Mainline: PHL, CLT, MCO, TPA, RSW, PBI, FLL
Express: ORD, IND, BOS, BDL, PVD, LGA, EWR, BWI, DCA, IAD, RIC, RDU
A total of 73 daily departures.
Mainline: PHL, CLT, MCO, TPA, RSW, PBI, FLL
Express: ORD, IND, BOS, BDL, PVD, LGA, EWR, BWI, DCA, IAD, RIC, RDU
A total of 73 daily departures.
matika
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We (PSA employees) handle the ERJs on down at PIT. The only flights the mainline employees handle are mainline and the 170s (though I've heard that mainline agents refuse to work the 170s, and they're done by supervisors, but that's just rumor; I don't know for a fact...)Light Years said:
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How do you go about refusing to work?gso2pit said:
RedOne
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Please define MOSTLY.gso2pit said:
...I'm an agent in a smaller station, would like to know what part of the contract allows any agent not to work the 170's or any a/c. My understanding of the contract is, that I do any work (in the F/S range) that I am assigned to do. I think I can even be assigned to work C/S up to 25% of the time if needed (company hasn't done that yet, but I THINK it is worded in the contract that it can be done).
