Denver RAH Guys
04-23-2008, 10:41 AM
#13
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,814
Frontier annouced this morning that it is ending its contract with Republic. I believe this has been coming for some time because it was a bad contract that was negotiated by the last CEO that had us paying for all their fuel costs. I personally will miss Republic, good people and airplanes that served our product well, just did not serve our bottom line and it was time for it to go.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080423/front...ways.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080423/front...ways.html?.v=1
04-23-2008, 11:02 AM
#15
On Reserve
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 10
They are all bad contracts now! When the majors are all reporting a loss and the regionals are all smacking their knee O so happy that they do not have to buy their own fuel. Unless somthing changes I predict that when contracts are up most, if not all, airlines are not going to sign a "100% fuel cost" contract anymore.
04-23-2008, 06:59 PM
#16
Tuberriffic
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: Hopefully the bunk
Posts: 222
Thanks for the kind words, sweettails. Sure, everyone at RAH is pretty bummed, but most everyone understands that F9 needs to do whatever it thinks will help them get through the rough times ahead. The RAH flying wasn't really going to help the company get out of bankruptcy, and if F9 needs to cut capacity they'd damn well better drop the RJ drivers before they hurt the mainline guys. Sucks for us, but any pilot with an ounce of foresight can see that it's better to cut the regional carrier if it means a better future for the real airline - after all, those are the jobs we're all after, right? BB's lawsuit is legal boilerplate - It'd be tough to wring a lot of cash out of a Ch.11 carrier for terminating a contract. Nobody knows where our orphan planes are going now, but I'd be shocked if the higher-ups around here hadn't planned on this in the near future. But hey, we just picked up a Charlotte to Montreal route! So I got that goin' for me. Which is nice.
04-23-2008, 07:04 PM
#17
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: AA A320
Posts: 1,624
Not an American one anyway.... could be sold overseas. Bedford is a smart guy, I have faith he will find a home for the planes; ironically he stated that we WILL NOT PURSUE BRANDED FLYING as another regional has. I'd bet that BB has a back-up plan formulated...
On a side note RAH will go from understaffed to staffed pretty much overnight (2 months)
I feel for my Denver counterparts, but I sure am glad that none of those FOs will be bidding into my base during the displacement. Not sure how many would anyway, PIT is a 2 leg commute for most.
On a side note RAH will go from understaffed to staffed pretty much overnight (2 months)
I feel for my Denver counterparts, but I sure am glad that none of those FOs will be bidding into my base during the displacement. Not sure how many would anyway, PIT is a 2 leg commute for most.
04-23-2008, 07:11 PM
#18
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Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: E170/175 CA
Posts: 334
The Frontier aircraft are 170's, not 175's. Since we are replacing Delta's 170's with 175's, i am going to guess United or US Airways will be the winners in "get regional life for less". Likely, US Airways will create some flying for Republic. Republic management helped out Airways management in the past, and I would expect the favor will be returned.
04-23-2008, 07:15 PM
#19
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,814
The Frontier aircraft are 170's, not 175's. Since we are replacing Delta's 170's with 175's, i am going to guess United or US Airways will be the winners in "get regional life for less". Likely, US Airways will create some flying for Republic. Republic management helped out Airways management in the past, and I would expect the favor will be returned.
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