Mergers coming soon....

[nostradamus]

Letter of agreement found on pulic web site

 

[dariencc]

Right there is where it says it. As I recall, East had about 220 airplance in the fleet at the 1 year anniversary of the POR being approved. A 10% reduction would be 22 airplanes, leaving the minimum per LOA 93 at 198 (+/- 10% of any variance from the 220).

Jim

I think the number (Sept '06) was higher, but I couldn't find it. In December we had 226, but that includes 2 190s, which would have been newly delivered. Starting at 224, I thought we were still parking mainline at the time, which would give a slightly higher number for September. Do you have the month by month stored somewhere?

 

[BoeingBoy]

Do you have the month by month stored somewhere?

No I don't and it would be hard to find in a public document. Of course, nybusdriver was talking about LOA 93, which uses the approval of the POR for the start of the 1 year period. That occured before September '05 and not on a nice convenient date like the end of a month or quarter, but I'd have to look through the court documents and see exactly when.

Keep in mind that it could be argued that the 190's aren't part of the East fleet for LOA 93 purposes any more than the West fleet would count since they are post-bankruptcy airplanes and belong to "New" US. Likewise, the 3 ex-ATA 757's. Of course, LOA 93 min fleet language doesn't matter as long as the transition agreement is valid.

Jim

 

[CynicalResAgent]

Looks like a winner to me.

1) NASA's had it's share of "employee issues" lately = good fit there.

2) Few, if any competing airlines are likely to forward high bids for antique shuttles.

3) Contracted communist maintenance done in I Ching's Chop Shop, somewhere lost in southern Manchuria, could easilly be used to save some bucks....Lead paint?...who cares? 😉

4) The shuttle technology's decades old, and would likely integrate well with current IT notions and software.

5) There'd be some actual room for coat closets and even leg stretch space with no more than 7 pax = a considerable product enhancement.

6) It'd at least be good for grins 😉 Heck...I'd bid it if I was still around.

Also forgot to add that with 5-7 pax no need for a flight attendant.

 

[Phoenix]

Open skies and open roads.
"The efficiency of the transportation network is critical to making North America a more competitive place to invest and to produce, and in spreading the benefits of economic growth to all corners of the continent. Among other regulatory reforms, governments should consider the benefits of allowing North American transportation firms unlimited access to each others’ territory, including provision for full cabotage (trade between two points within a country; for example, a Canadian trucker hauling freight from Chicago to Los Angeles or an American airline carrying passengers between Mexico City and Monterrey) for airlines and surface carriers."-- CFR

Cabotage will be so destructive to the concept of a "reasonable wage" that the destructive effects of mere mergers will look like utopia in comparison.

 

[aquagreen73s]

Once it glides back to Earth the USAirways Orbital China Shuttle will be repositioned to PHL with it's famous swoosh on a UAL 747.

Actually, that 7-4 was destined for AMR but never got there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft

You might be thinking of the 747SP that UAL donated to NASA for its Infrared Observatory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric...rared_Astronomy

 

[luvn737s]

. Of course, LOA 93 min fleet language doesn't matter as long as the transition agreement is valid.

Of course pulling out of joint negotiations unilaterally does put the transition agreement in limbo.

 

[legacy-to-LCC]

Of course pulling out of joint negotiations unilaterally does put the transition agreement in limbo.

as much as i hate DoUgIe, westie pilots are a close second.
your aqua green and orange career expectation was just that. nothing. nada. zilch.
east pilots have you on every level.

 

[Twicebaked]

Supposedly there is an announcement of a merger on Friday the 14th of December. This came from a VERY realiable source. The source did not say with whom, but it is a global carrier.

Don't shot the messenger.....we have all "heard" big news coming....sometimes it does....sometimes it doesn't

BUT, that is the word on the street

 

[Travelpro72]

An announcement involving US and a global carrier or someone else?

 

[Twicebaked]

An announcement involving US and a global carrier or someone else?

My bad....US and a global carrier!!!!

 

[beachboy]

December 14th. And so we wait. :cold:

 

[Travelpro72]

My goodness it will be US pairing up with Allied Van Lines. We'll be moving folks on the ground in 18 wheelers.

 

[Twicebaked]

My goodness it will be US pairing up with Allied Van Lines. We'll be moving folks on the ground in 18 wheelers.

LOL..............

I wonder if it was like this with the PSA and Piedmont mergers.

When the 2nd one was announced those riding through it probably said.

" OH HELL NO, NOT AGAIN"!!!!

That is what I will be saying....just a bit more colorful

 

[Travelpro72]

Wait, wait....... how about we merge with UPS? There's the cargo facility right across the field that can be POOOOOF the new int'l terminal. Just push the folks like cargo. Quite brilliant actually. It'd give us that global reach they are striving for to push that "American Experience". Seriously, I hope we hear something.