State of the Eagle Address.

[700UW]

Nope, he isnt worth my time anymore, ask him about his vacation in the cornfield.
 
Bottom line is we who are or who been in the industry all know the RJs and loss of work is from the pilots agreeing to let them fly them.
 
The IAM had nothing to do with it, the company decides who works the equipment when its not a mainline plane.
 
The company puts out bids and finance and operations decides who gets the contracts, not a union.
 
Oh by the way Josh, you say there are backroom deals, prove it, otherwise I will pass it on to the IAM and let them handle your slanderous accusations.

 

[737823]

They did have IAM vendors takeover mainline NW and UA stations

Josh

 

[700UW]

Once again, where is your proof?
 
An airline puts out a request for bids, the bids are submitted, finance and operations chooses. Not a union.
 
And if you knew anything about the industry, vendors who are outsourced companies, not an airline's ground handling unit dont last, there is high turn over, high aircraft damage and most airlines have a hard time keeping vendors as they fail to meet the service standards.

 

[737823]

UAX at IAD is ZW

MHT, MIA are UAX formerly UAL mainline

Josh

 

[AANOTOK]

UAX at IAD is ZW

MHT, MIA are UAX formerly UAL mainline

Josh

Josh,
 
I have to agree with what Kev wondered in another forum, why are you so concerned about the daily lives of airline workers, especially if you work for JP Morgan. You truly have me stumped.

 

[700UW]

UAX at IAD is ZW

MHT, MIA are UAX formerly UAL mainline

Josh

 

Not 1:1, but this is consistent with the upsizing trend to reduce CASM, 319 replaces 76 seat RJ, 76 seat RJ replaces 50 seat RJ

And you can thank the IAM for back room deals with RJ operators for ground handling agreements that have destroyed middle class mainline carrier jobs.

Josh

 
 
Once again where is the proof of backroom deals.

 

[mike33]

Josh can't enter a room without "Farting" in it to get attention!
 
And then claiming the IAM did it !!

 

[RJcasualty]

Hi everybody. Eagle alumnus here - 10/12/1998 left for America West in March 2004. I still have many friends there and I remain a staunch supporter of Eagle pilots. Eagle has always been the Cadillac of regional airlines in terms of its quality of people and to see you all getting treated like this makes me sick. I served in a union leadership role at America West so I wanted to provide you with some insight as to the folks you're dealing with (since it is the AWA management team that now runs AA). They ***always*** lead off their negotiations with a giant scare. In 2005, the US Airways and America West pilots began negotiating a contract for the merged airline, and on the very first day of negotiations the company threatened to place both pilot groups under US Airways' bankruptcy contract if the groups did not negotiate a "cost-neutral" contract. Because the America West pilots made more money than the US Airways pilots, "cost-neutral" meant that the America West pilots (who were already severely underpaid) would have to take PAY CUTS to give the US Airways pilots a slight raise. This threat was made at a time when the company made record profits and our CEO Doug Parker made the most money he had ever made in his life. Not long thereafter, during one of our many seniority lawsuits, the company had to confess to the judge that their threat was simply not possible and that they made the statement to "manage expectations." I don't see anything different here, and I would be VERY surprised if liquidating Eagle was really their Plan B if you don't ratify the contract. They play an aggressive game of mental warfare to lows that I never saw from previous Eagle management. It is difficult for me to purport to tell you how to vote since I don't have any skin in the game, but I cannot stand here on the sidelines and watch this management team terrorize a group of pilots for whom I have a tremendous amount of respect. I just want you all to know that there are lots of us in the industry that support you. Good luck and God speed.


Mitch Vasin
Former AWA ALPA MEC Vice-Chairman
PHX A320 FO

 

[Rogallo]

Nope, he isnt worth my time anymore,

??

 

[Overspeed]

Some details
 
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2014/01/american-eagle-pilots-union-and-management-reach-new-labor-contract.html/

 

[eolesen]

Now that there's a TA that the negotiators thought was worth agreeing to, the ball over EGL's future is pretty much in the pilots' court.

There's an estimated 3,000 pilot surplus once US & AA figure out what goes and what stays post-merger:

http://skift.com/2013/08/29/regional-airlines-pilot-shortage-is-heading-toward-the-perfect-storm/

The cynic in me says CEO's don't float trial balloons like "Comair II" without having some degree of confidence in their backup plan. I suspect they've already come up with a Plan B they feel they can execute.

Management loves putting together contingency plans for just about any situation that they wouldn't be likely to incur, but I do believe that a pilot strike or having Eagle's certificate revoked might actually be something in the book, thanks to the business continuity planning required under law by Sarbaines-Oxley.

It would create a month or two of havoc for small communities, long enough for Mesa, Republic, and Skywest to backfill the void, and maybe a few routes in some key cities like OKC and TUL getting mainline service temporarily. Having time to wind it down in an orderly fashion like DL did with Comair? Even less disruptive.

 

[La Li Lu Le Lo]

Oh by the way Josh, you say there are backroom deals, prove it, otherwise I will pass it on to the IAM and let them handle your slanderous accusations.

Was that a threat to Josh?
 
What is IAM going to do send some UNION goons to tune him up?

 

[700UW]

Slander on the internet is a civil offense.

 

[La Li Lu Le Lo]

Slander on the internet is a civil offense.

So is breaking contract. American Airlines/TWU International do it every day.

 

[700UW]

Apples and oranges.
 
Is that the best you can do?