I know a captain at AA that has already sold his house in anticipation of being fired in December.
With the pilot shortage, this isn't going to be good.
ATR is too slow. No, it's not. At such short sectors the speed of the aircraft hardly matters, the amount of time the aircraft can fly at cruise speed is very limited and it's not like the difference is that big. In the end the difference would be no more than a few minutes. Cruise speed only makes...
Jump to postWhat's the business case? The A220 and E195 aren't exactly flying off the shelves.
Jump to postSure an interesting segment. A lean, mean, quiet and practical 50 seater. It seems the Embraer E3 would already be large, expensive for the requirement. Of course you can get the ATR42-600 today. ATR even launched a new sales campaign. Not sure how it performs in terms of efficiency, performance. W...
Jump to postGood. It is great to see the airline industry has led the way on this issue. They probably have other jobs lined up. The labor market is on fire right now. Not for the kind of quality jobs in this sector. Alot of airline employees don't want to work in this sector anymore. Compared to most fields t...
Jump to postThey probably have other jobs lined up. The labor market is on fire right now.
Jump to postdca1 wrote:3 Bold Predictions Before 2022 - American Airlines will buy JetBlue
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/3-bold- ... 2021-08-17
This seems like a stretch to me, but we are in some strange times.
Flip side...let those older workers and their higher pay walk away. A 20+ year mechanic is not leaving over a shot. Too much to give up benefits & pay wise. The military doesn't nearly what they used to for airline jobs so you're way overstating that. United just required it...get on the vax tr...
Jump to postI love how members can rationalize anything on here. "crew shouldn't expect hotels to be booked for them, I have to book and pay for hotels at my job" "crew shouldn't expect hotels to be available when it isn't the airlines fault" "crews are being unreasonable to expect a ho...
Jump to postHow does the speed of the A321 NEO compare for these longer journeys to the bigger twin-engine jets that fly these routes all the time? I know the 757-200 usually took about 30-45 min more to do EWR-LHR than the 777-200 typically did when united was flying the 757-200 on the LHR route. I know the A...
Jump to postGoing back to Avelo now, as well as adding on to some of the potential future destinations I listed earlier, do you think it'd be worth their while to look into maybe Hawaii once their -700's come online? They would need to invest in an ETOPS program. Their certificate is already EOW and ETOPS. Xtr...
Jump to postOperationally, as in directly selling airline tickets to passengers and operating flights, AA did not make money. When you added in the revenue generated from selling frequent flier miles to credit card processors like Citi, AA showed a profit.
Jump to postHow do you think Allegiant does it? Their entire fleet is operationally split among bases. What do you mean. Look at allegiants route map see how all the stuff in the middle goes to 2 different hubs. It makes it so their airplanes can be routed throughout their network Airplanes and crews have one ...
Jump to postAny source for your last call and end of production statement? No source, just speculating. That's why I said it was my bet. Not good when your largest customer will not take any aircraft until at least 2027, and even 2027/28 is highly dubious. At this point Delta's order is all keeping the A330NEO...
Jump to postCOVID (cratering travel) followed by a rapid reopening totally exposed this industry. EVERYONE is hiring and looking at the pay at the airlines to be a gate/ticket agent, a ramp worker etc vs competing jobs, the airlines will often lose out on the employee. Low pay, HIGH stress with the way people ...
Jump to postDelta will be getting the cabins redone I would think. As to have conformity. They will obviously replace the seats, carpets, etc but when DL refurbished their own 738s, the ones without the Boeing Sky Interior did not get new bins or sidewalls like their counterpart 739s. I remember reading that t...
Jump to postIs there something in the contract that requires them to do the training for equipment changes in a specific order? I'm just trying to understand if there is a way to mitigate situations like this in the future. Not in specific order, but you are paid at your current positions pay rate until you co...
Jump to postadamblang wrote:That livery looks sooooo good.
N965UW wrote:Not related to LCCs, but I've been wondering for the longest time if regional airlines carry cargo. For example, would Delta Cargo load freight on a Connection CRJ or E-Jet if there's space available?
They aren't mandating it for staff in the US because a complication from an employer mandated medical procedure results in disability and a huge settlement.
A single pilot who medicals out over it will cost the airline 5+ million, probably more.
The pilots rebid equipment and many of those where very senior (B757 & B767 & A330), Some might have got the B787 but most I bet ended up on B737, bumping a bunch of qualified B737 pilots to airbus. So now you have twice the number of pilots you have to retrain. I'm losing a colleague now t...
Jump to postIt's expensive, but over time it could pay off. From a MX perspective, the 737 is superior. The 737 can MEL almost anything and keep flying. Anything electrical in the cockpit will AOG an Airbus. The Boeing also takes 10000 less man hours on heavy checks, by the book. Thats 500k in mechanics pay al...
Jump to postFor me all that LOI bussines it reduces to some simply facts. VLG/IB are 100% AB. To change this from AB to B will be at a horrendous cost. Pilots certification, the stocks of replacements/spare parts, the ground handling and so on. A very big "maybe". As for Air Lingus/BAW it can be poss...
Jump to postAA is running into schedule issues on the ground now. Flights are arriving on time and no gates available in CLT and DFW.
Jump to postAA knew this was coming. Do you guys/gals remember the memo begging employees to volunteer at the airports?
They saw it coming and said nothing.
The article annoys me AA did what it had to do. Like the rest of the world, it is now scrambling. If AA is at fault, it is for building a ridiculously ambitious schedule. But you cant fault them for retiring dozens of older planes and essentially flushing (and displacing) thousands of pilots that n...
Jump to postThe article annoys me AA did what it had to do. Like the rest of the world, it is now scrambling. If AA is at fault, it is for building a ridiculously ambitious schedule. But you cant fault them for retiring dozens of older planes and essentially flushing (and displacing) thousands of pilots that n...
Jump to postThis is the only piece I'll disagree with you on, Piedmont does have that focus and routinely is #2 or #3 in D:0 depending on how OO performed for the month. I'm glad to hear you think so, and that there is a focus on it. That said, with <60 aircraft, and all of them 50 seaters, Piedmont should be ...
Jump to postThe 900 still has its place at AA in PHX crucially, the E175's performance in the summer all about guarantees that PHX will be CRJs in the middle of the summer until a new RJ comes along. Do you have a source for this performance deficit on the 175? Envoy has been regularly operating in PHX for a w...
Jump to postFunny how you don't have any issue with Delta's 321 even though they have squeezed more seats than even the AA retrofit, the first class has zero privacy from the main cabin and the main cabin lavs have been squeezed in the AFT galley and barely anyone can fit in them. Isn’t this thread regarding A...
Jump to postIt's a bad idea. Just kicks the can down the road and creates less opportunities for younger pilots, while older ones stagnate at the highest paid positions.
Jump to postIs southwest marketing cargo to Hawaii? Are they flying it? I know the 737 can't carry much that distance but it still must be something.
Jump to postHow is Southwest routing aircraft for the inter island? Will they have Max's doing these 20 minute flights? Would it be advantageous to ferry some -700's down there to put cycles on older less efficient (and lighter) aircraft?
Jump to postZazuPIT wrote:Two seconds into the video my thought was football fans. They can be an unruly bunch.
This is increasingly popular the world over. The Greens in many countries are proposing additional flight taxes, bans and restrictions. People often support them until the realise it will affect them too. When they realise the twice a year trip to Spain is now twice as expensive they will complain....
Jump to postAvelo flies with a company mechanic onboard as part of the crew. While incredibly outdated practice (common during prop liner days) It could actually be a huge asset for an airline stretched thin.
Jump to postOld friend rode Avelo last week out of BUR, less than 30 people onboard.
They need to get on the GDS to survive. Their current (lack of) marketing and brand awareness is going to kill them in a Southwest - sell your own tickets model.
Another week passed and another week I have avoided getting a vaccination. Even when countries mandate the thing I will enjoy being removed from my trip and either reassigned or pay protected. I'm not going to be bullied by fear-mongering into getting the shots. I've been flying the entire pandemic...
Jump to postWhat kind of a mythical world are we devolving into?
Europeans can not enter America, Americans can not enter Europe, with no scheduled end in sight. We're approaching 1.5 years of "new normal." How many people will be on this flight?
And that's where you're wrong. There have been examples of recordings being misused before the event even reached reportable levels(to the NTSB, etc.). Many years ago and at the request of a captain, I acted as his representative at a non-union carrier. To make a long story short, the airline chose...
Jump to postThey've announced 11 routes out of BUR: Arcata/Eureka, CA (ACV) Bend/Redmond, OR (RDM) Bozeman, MT (BZN) Eugene, OR (EUG) Grand Junction, CO (GJT) Medford, OR (MFR) Pasco, WA (PSC) Phoenix/Mesa, AZ (AZA) Odgen, UT (OGD) Redding, CA (RDD) Santa Rosa, CA (STS) More details in the attached link: https...
Jump to postRegardless of skin color sexual orientation or social background they still have to pass training. If I signed off a United pilot after completing their IOE then they were qualified to be in that seat....period end of story. They can hire anyone they want training will wash out those who are not qu...
Jump to postdeltatrav wrote:Anyone envision a chance of Cairo resuming? Air Canada is about to start and the market used to be quite busy (JFK had Egyptair, AA and Delta). Leaving Cairo during the daytime instead of 1am would be great
I think it comes down to whether or not the added overhead costs of having three separate wholly owned regionals is worth the ability to whipsaw them against each other. I also think that another reason PSA and Piedmont still exist is for trademark protection (and why US used those names for those ...
Jump to postDL is a well run company. One of the best run companies in the world. Their mgmt pay is far from outrageous. It's actually extremely low. DL management did as well as could be expected in terms of job performance, helping secure a massive federal bailout. The opinion of pilot groups is only relevan...
Jump to postWhat exactly have they done to deservebonus? They are bleeding ions every day and they have the worst domestic onboard offering of any US airline right now. Even Spirit will serve you a soda. Calling the payout a bonus is misleading. The typical merit position at DL has an "at risk" compo...
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Jump to postYeah, that pay is pretty bad. But!!! There are alot of pilots out of work that wouldn't hesitate to jump in anything with wings right now. Heck, if Mesa was smart, they would get a pilot development program in place to get their RJ pilots in the seats of the 737's. It could be a great stepping ston...
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