Republic Airways to buy 10 jets from US Airways

[BoeingBoy]

We do have scope language for minimum aircraft.

Our contract states... the minimum active fleet shall be 279 aircraft(excluding SJs but including permanent bid plus 8% for active spares)

The company is well above that, assuming it applies to the total of both sides. So they could reduce mainline a good bit further and meet that requirement. I don't have the exact number, but the total number for both sides is about the same in the pilot's contract although due to separate ops there's still separate minimum fleet numbers for each side.

Jim

 

[BoeingBoy]

The transition agreement got the pilots contract in line for the merge who and why this was develop the answer is clear

Well duh - the entire purpose of the transition agreement is to modify parts of the two separate contracts to ( 1 ) allow the combined operation without violating language in either contract and ( 2 ) to protect against a transfer of flying/equipment from one side to the other and ( 3 ) lay out the process for combining the two pilot groups. Additionally, since the E190 wasn't included in either contract's pay scales the TA included that.

Most of both contracts weren't modified - all the pay and work rules remained the same in each side's contracts for example.

Maybe you're thinking of LOA93 - the urban legend is that it's terms were to align the "old" US pilot contract with the HP pilot contract in preparation for the merger.

Jim

 

[DHG750R]

>US Airways considers selling remainder of E-190 fleet

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/...-190-fleet.html

 

[Poug Darker]

>US Airways considers selling remainder of E-190 fleet

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/...-190-fleet.html

Interesting...there are still 12 firm orders and 60 options pending.
Things that make you go "hmmmmmm".

 

[SegmentKing]

US Airways will gladly order those on behalf of Republic

 

[BoeingBoy]

Interesting...there are still 12 firm orders and 60 options pending.
Things that make you go "hmmmmmm".

The order was for 25 firm orders, 32 orders subject to reconfirmation, and up to 50 options for planes in the 170 family. All the firm orders were delivered but I haven't seen that they ever reconfirmed the remaining 32 orders. In fact, AboutUS made a big deal about "the last" E190 when the 25th was delivered.

Jim