VA Weighs Sale After Receiving Interest
03-23-2016, 11:58 AM
#41
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 69
I vote for blue shirts and ties, and the final nail in the coffin for the waiters costumes!
03-23-2016, 12:08 PM
#42
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2010
Position: A319/A320/A321 CA
Posts: 363
Well, were those were marketing schemes or seperate entities? Shuttle by United is a relief of scope by seat number and gross weight. The airline can market themselves as two seperate companies but the pilot labor groups would have to be integrated into a single list per scope clause; it keeps the company from splitting the pilot group and whipsawing them against one another for new contracts (if you flew at a regional this probably sounds very familiar).
03-23-2016, 12:39 PM
#43
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Airplane
Posts: 2,385
Well, were those were marketing schemes or seperate entities? Shuttle by United is a relief of scope by seat number and gross weight. The airline can market themselves as two seperate companies but the pilot labor groups would have to be integrated into a single list per scope clause; it keeps the company from splitting the pilot group and whipsawing them against one another for new contracts (if you flew at a regional this probably sounds very familiar).
<filler>
03-23-2016, 12:40 PM
#44
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2012
Position: 1900D CA
Posts: 3,476
Virgin Atlantic Almost Doubles Profit, Aided by Delta Alliance - Bloomberg Business
Delta wants them for their LAX/SFO assets, Love Field gates, and future airbus slots needed to replace the 88 fleet. Sir RB will sell to Delta as a thank you for resurrecting Virgin.
Delta wants them for their LAX/SFO assets, Love Field gates, and future airbus slots needed to replace the 88 fleet. Sir RB will sell to Delta as a thank you for resurrecting Virgin.
Hmm, well this sounds way more likely than United or American buying them
03-23-2016, 12:52 PM
#45
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2010
Posts: 4,603
I don't think many pilot were applying at spirit or virgin at this point in time. This new would shift any would be spirit hire to virgin I expect. Better possible upside of hired today even if it is pure speculation.
And yeah it is probably private equity and not another airline which just means business as usual except a Cba is now 10 years away instead of two. Equity groups don't like to pay employees and that goes for any industry.
And yeah it is probably private equity and not another airline which just means business as usual except a Cba is now 10 years away instead of two. Equity groups don't like to pay employees and that goes for any industry.
03-23-2016, 01:25 PM
#46
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: Port Bus
Posts: 725
03-23-2016, 01:25 PM
#47
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: Port Bus
Posts: 725
03-23-2016, 02:00 PM
#48
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Airplane
Posts: 2,385
The article makes basic sense, but in the pantheon of sources cited, I'd place them just above APC and below Vinnie, the hustler down on Las Olas.
03-23-2016, 04:27 PM
#49
New Hire
Joined APC: Mar 2016
Posts: 3
A bit surprised no one has mentioned HAL yet. That would make a lot of sense, since it's a two class airline, Hawaiian is two class. Hawaiian has very little foray into the states, relying on code shares for feed. With LAX and SFO, both are served by wide body HAL aircraft, there is zero route overlap, and both airlines have high customer satisfaction scores. HAL is also essentially run by a hedge fund.
03-23-2016, 04:50 PM
#50
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: Jet
Posts: 214
A bit surprised no one has mentioned HAL yet. That would make a lot of sense, since it's a two class airline, Hawaiian is two class. Hawaiian has very little foray into the states, relying on code shares for feed. With LAX and SFO, both are served by wide body HAL aircraft, there is zero route overlap, and both airlines have high customer satisfaction scores. HAL is also essentially run by a hedge fund.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
FlyerJosh
Flight Schools and Training
2
11-01-2005 06:11 PM
