LAX -400 Rumors of Changes
08-17-2013, 01:15 PM
#42
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Your doom and gloom is getting old. The LCAL 752's are true 9hr airframes and do very well in serving their European cities that cannot support a bigger 767.
The times they have to make a fuel stop are few and far between. I did these runs for 12 years and I'm not making this up.
The times they have to make a fuel stop are few and far between. I did these runs for 12 years and I'm not making this up.
But that was also before the brilliant minds decided to use the 757s in IAD which, it turns out, is further from Europe than EWR. (Who knew?) It's not a problem with the airframe but a problem with the route assignments, particularly when it's stretched right to the limit in either EWR or IAD.
Even the press noticed.
08-17-2013, 03:11 PM
#43
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Yes once again CAL management has to clean up a UAL mess.
CAL management to the rescue? WOW, CAL management kind of reminds me of this guy. More than just a little. Especially when it comes to looking at a map and comparing to the range of the airplane they are about to put on a route and taking a few variables into account like having crews to back it up if something goes wrong. Little stuff like that.
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08-18-2013, 05:37 AM
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CAL management to the rescue? WOW, CAL management kind of reminds me of this guy. More than just a little. Especially when it comes to looking at a map and comparing to the range of the airplane they are about to put on a route and taking a few variables into account like having crews to back it up if something goes wrong. Little stuff like that.
Forrest Gump stupid is - YouTube
CAL management to the rescue? WOW, CAL management kind of reminds me of this guy. More than just a little. Especially when it comes to looking at a map and comparing to the range of the airplane they are about to put on a route and taking a few variables into account like having crews to back it up if something goes wrong. Little stuff like that.
Forrest Gump stupid is - YouTube
08-18-2013, 05:42 AM
#46
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Looking back, it appears the TPG guys were the business geniuses behind CALs turnaround. Unfortunately they cashed out, and left you with Jeffy and Friends of Fred. You truly do belong at UAL now.
Welcome to ou rudderless ship.
Welcome to ou rudderless ship.
08-18-2013, 05:51 AM
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08-18-2013, 06:59 AM
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What a coincidence. Smisek was never hired to run an airline either, just to combine two companies. After the last CAL CEO walked away from the merger at the last minute they replaced him with someone who would do it. I suspect he'll be replaced after things settle down into a steady state, if that's a state that even exists.
08-18-2013, 07:03 AM
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Delta poached the brains behind CAL's very successful expansion into Europe, and it's paying off for them. To characterize the CAL operation as 'regional' is pure ignorance.
08-18-2013, 07:20 AM
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I've flown at CAL for 26 years and have operated scheduled widebody service into destinations as diverse as Bali, Hong Kong, Sydney, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Rio, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Lagos, virtually every major city in Europe, Mumbai, Delhi, Shanghai, Tel-aviv, and a few others that I don't even recall.
Calling CAL a regional airline may be a good strategy for your SLI aspirations, but it certainly isn't based on anything factual.
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