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05-08-2013, 11:01 AM
#541
Bracing for Fallacies
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Position: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
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Also, was my last post incorrect? I thought that was how events went down.
05-08-2013, 11:38 AM
#542
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2012
Posts: 339
Isn't Virgin a subpar paying airline? There will always be guys willing to fly for any airline for any pay to build time. Look in the mirror.
05-08-2013, 12:40 PM
#543
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It's competitive with Frontier, Allegiant, and Spirit, which are all within the same scope (eg, about 50 airplanes flying as a LCC model). It's unrealistic and not in te dame scope to compare VX pay to legacies. The fair comparison is to other LCCs as mentioned.
05-08-2013, 12:44 PM
#544
Can't abide NAI
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Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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05-08-2013, 12:48 PM
#545
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RAH is going to have a tough time staffing AAs 53 new planes let alone be a 9E replacement. It's unrealistic to do within a year. More realistic would be 2-3 years, which is what the -200 winddown is to begin with. Just 41 planes left, and the new order for 40 planes as a carrot to vote yes. But even this will take through 2016. A fleet that big cannot be parked in 12 months. Look at the current fleet plan.
05-08-2013, 01:02 PM
#546
Bracing for Fallacies
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
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RAH is going to have a tough time staffing AAs 53 new planes let alone be a 9E replacement. It's unrealistic to do within a year. More realistic would be 2-3 years, which is what the -200 winddown is to begin with. Just 41 planes left, and the new order for 40 planes as a carrot to vote yes. But even this will take through 2016. A fleet that big cannot be parked in 12 months. Look at the current fleet plan.
You know, I keep hearing RAH won't be able to staff, but even as things get more cataclismic there, they are still filling jet classes. (The Q seems to be its own ball of wax....)
05-08-2013, 01:09 PM
#547
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05-08-2013, 01:10 PM
#548
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Posts: 2,648
I was particularly referring to XJT, SKW, and GJ for the 9E flying....I won't go into more details or sources, but from what I can tell, Delta was *not* bluffing and other places were preparing to pick 9E's bones.
You know, I keep hearing RAH won't be able to staff, but even as things get more cataclismic there, they are still filling jet classes. (The Q seems to be its own ball of wax....)
You know, I keep hearing RAH won't be able to staff, but even as things get more cataclismic there, they are still filling jet classes. (The Q seems to be its own ball of wax....)
05-08-2013, 01:19 PM
#549
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2012
Posts: 339
Whatever makes you feel better about flying an airbus for subpar wages. No matter how you spin it, you are flying an airbus for subpar wages.
05-08-2013, 01:21 PM
#550
Underpaid...
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Position: French-Canadian
Posts: 2,101
I am not a fan of Shyguy or cherokee whatever he calls himself around here but... With that said, he flies an Airbus with 140ish pax as a FO for the same wages after year one that most of us are flying 76 seat pax around as CA. We all are part of the problem.
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