UAL merger intrerests?
05-19-2022, 06:22 AM
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Interesting. As a newbie, I've yet to experience any hotel issues. In your scenario, is there a max dollar amount that you are allowed to spend? My wife was just in NYC for a conference. The conference ended and she decided to spend a couple more days in the city. The non-conference rate was $800/night. Would you be questioned for booking a Hilton or Marriott if that was the going rate?
05-19-2022, 07:58 AM
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Interesting. As a newbie, I've yet to experience any hotel issues. In your scenario, is there a max dollar amount that you are allowed to spend? My wife was just in NYC for a conference. The conference ended and she decided to spend a couple more days in the city. The non-conference rate was $800/night. Would you be questioned for booking a Hilton or Marriott if that was the going rate?
Edit: I read the rest of the thread and it sounds like $800 for a Hilton or Marriott would be fine if you guys are starting with Ritz, Four Seasons, etc. Lol
Edit: I read the rest of the thread and it sounds like $800 for a Hilton or Marriott would be fine if you guys are starting with Ritz, Four Seasons, etc. Lol
05-19-2022, 08:12 AM
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05-19-2022, 08:26 AM
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05-19-2022, 10:30 AM
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Business class hotels are the standard. You may have some 'splainin to do if you book the executive suite or any of the high end luxury hotels. Personally, I'd have notes and screen shots showing no availability of Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, basic rooms, etc... so I could answer the reasonable, inevitable questions about why it cost $1000/night. Just be reasonable and understand that you should be accommodated as the professional pilot that you are 🙂
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Chief Pilot: "I want the truth!"
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Captain (continuing): "We live in a world that requires revenue. That revenue must be flown by people with elite skills. Who's going to do it? You, Mr. CEO? You Mr.. Finance? You, Ms. Human Resources? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You scoff at the Line Pilots and you curse our mediocre incentives. You have that luxury.You have the luxury of not knowing what we know. And my very existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, drives REVENUE! You don't want to know the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at staff meetings, you want me in that airplane. You NEED me in that airplane!! We use words like working radar, good weather, on time departures, airworthiness, upgrades, commuting, another round, medium-rare,on-the-rocks, Cohiba. We use these words as the backbone of all Professional Aviation. You use them as a punch line! I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to people who rise and sleep under the very blanket of service I provide and then question the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a flight bag. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!"
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05-19-2022, 11:44 AM
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United buys Alaska and now they suddenly have more regional lift that would integrate easily with the rest of their system. They also get back into SEA and pick up ANC as well. Getting it past the DOJ is the only sketchy part. They'd have to divest a lot of Alaska's other west coast assets and even then.... I think AA has a better chance of getting an Alaska merger past the DOJ, but securing financing to make that purchase could be tricky for them.
I'm struggling to see the upside weighed against these downsides.
05-19-2022, 12:09 PM
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I talked to the head shed last night. This is not a rumor, it’s a fact, we are buying Alaska, JetBlue and Kalitta. The Alaska guys will be stapled below the JetBlue guys who will all be assigned to Aviate as flight instructors and Kalitta will be placed on the top of the seniority list.
You just read it on APC so it’s true.
You just read it on APC so it’s true.
05-19-2022, 12:16 PM
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Captain: "You want answers?"
Chief Pilot: "I think we are entitled"
Captain: "You want answers?!"
Chief Pilot: "I want the truth!"
Captain: "You can't handle the truth!!!"
Captain (continuing): "We live in a world that requires revenue. That revenue must be flown by people with elite skills. Who's going to do it? You, Mr. CEO? You Mr.. Finance? You, Ms. Human Resources? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You scoff at the Line Pilots and you curse our mediocre incentives. You have that luxury.You have the luxury of not knowing what we know. And my very existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, drives REVENUE! You don't want to know the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at staff meetings, you want me in that airplane. You NEED me in that airplane!! We use words like working radar, good weather, on time departures, airworthiness, upgrades, commuting, another round, medium-rare,on-the-rocks, Cohiba. We use these words as the backbone of all Professional Aviation. You use them as a punch line! I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to people who rise and sleep under the very blanket of service I provide and then question the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a flight bag. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!"
Chief Pilot: "Did you expense the lap dancers?"
Captain: "I did the job I was hired to do."
Chief Pilot: "Did you expense the lap dancers?!"
Captain: "You're ******n right I did !!!!
Chief Pilot: "I think we are entitled"
Captain: "You want answers?!"
Chief Pilot: "I want the truth!"
Captain: "You can't handle the truth!!!"
Captain (continuing): "We live in a world that requires revenue. That revenue must be flown by people with elite skills. Who's going to do it? You, Mr. CEO? You Mr.. Finance? You, Ms. Human Resources? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You scoff at the Line Pilots and you curse our mediocre incentives. You have that luxury.You have the luxury of not knowing what we know. And my very existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, drives REVENUE! You don't want to know the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at staff meetings, you want me in that airplane. You NEED me in that airplane!! We use words like working radar, good weather, on time departures, airworthiness, upgrades, commuting, another round, medium-rare,on-the-rocks, Cohiba. We use these words as the backbone of all Professional Aviation. You use them as a punch line! I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to people who rise and sleep under the very blanket of service I provide and then question the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a flight bag. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!"
Chief Pilot: "Did you expense the lap dancers?"
Captain: "I did the job I was hired to do."
Chief Pilot: "Did you expense the lap dancers?!"
Captain: "You're ******n right I did !!!!
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