article on www.justplanenews.com AA's CFO says so far so good the integration is going smoothly of course they do hope to get the FAA single carrier certificate in late 1st quarter or early 2nd quarter
Which article?robbedagain said:article on www.justplanenews.com AA's CFO says so far so good the integration is going smoothly of course they do hope to get the FAA single carrier certificate in late 1st quarter or early 2nd quarter
In the meantime, American is focused on a long-term vision: “We want to restore American to the greatest airline in the world,” Kerr said. It’s focused on making sure changes have minimal disruption to customers and that employees know what changes are in store and when they’re planned, he said.
Sure he is that is why he is the CFO of the #1 airline in the world and you are calling him names on the internet, he is laughing at you all the way to the bank.FWAAA said:This one?
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2014/09/american-airlines-cfo-says-early-integration-going-well-with-us-airways-comments-on-wright-amendment-impact.html/
Kerr is an idiot.
"Restore American to the greatest airline in the world?" By cutting premium meals on the AA side? Dumbass.
You are a USAIR ff you don't get it. AA is going downhill rapidly with these idiots running the show.jcw said:It's funny how focused folks are on meals - employees want paid more, customers want low fares, etc and meal service does not really influence domestic flying (not lots of people pay SW to fly cross country with out a meal)
So in the grand scheme of things the meal change is minor
You're discounting and leaving out an important segment of domestic passengers who never fly Southwest: Premium cabin meals on domestic flights are served to passengers who buy international long-haul premium cabin tickets but who connect at a hub. Either their origin or destination is someplace other than an international gateway.jcw said:It's funny how focused folks are on meals - employees want paid more, customers want low fares, etc and meal service does not really influence domestic flying (not lots of people pay SW to fly cross country with out a meal)
So in the grand scheme of things the meal change is minor
Exactly. The legacy US pilots and FAs are now costing about $300 million more per year under their current contracts than they cost in 2012, and it's possible that Parker has to give them more in a new joint CBA. And that doesn't include Agents (who will likely all be unionized), fleet service or mechanics, all of whom are probably expecting and demanding significant increases to make up for all their years of sacrifice - like "restore and more." When all is said and done, new AA will have several hundred million a year in increased labor costs, and something has to pay for those higher costs.WorldTraveler said:In the case of US, they got by with less than industry average FC service and AA (former US) execs are paying for upgrading the US product with cuts to AA or tapping into AA's premium revenue - something that was obviously going to happen when the merger was announced.
Just for curiosity, what really is your alternative? Some might say they will go to Virgin America but is that really an alternative for very many AA passengers? Their premium cabins are not very large and are being filled as it is - on top of their fairly limited route system.
That's why you should leave AA immediately737823 said:You are a USAIR ff you don't get it. AA is going downhill rapidly with these idiots running the show.
Josh