American CRJ and ERJ order.

[Gulf-front]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/12/12/american-details-order-for-90-new-regional-jets/3996321/

 

[Clutch]

Carrot dangled

 

[General Lee]

They have learned from DL---buy the planes yourself, then dangle....


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[WSurf]

They have learned from DL---buy the planes yourself, then dangle....


Bye Bye---General Lee

This is going to be fun.....

 

[General Lee]

PSA Pilots Welcome American Airlines Announcement of New Aircraft Order
Business Wire Air Line Pilots Association, Intl (ALPA) 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The PSA Airlines pilots Master Executive Council, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Intl (ALPA), issued the following statement in response to today?s announcement by American Airlines Inc. of an order for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, with options for up to 40 more. PSA Airlines Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, will operate the new aircraft on behalf of American, which expects to begin taking delivery of the aircraft in the second quarter of 2014.

The pilots of PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, welcome the news of American Airlines purchase of 30 CRJ900s as an important and exciting step forward for PSA. This firm order fulfills the pledge made to us in a letter of commitment our pilots ratified in September.

"When PSA pilots voted on our new contract in March, and on subsequent agreements, we had to make some difficult decisions. As a result, we preserved core provisions in our contract and improved pilots job security here at PSA and career progression to our mainline partner. Today's announcement of a new aircraft order, coupled with our first scheduled seniority-based interviews at US Airways, prove that our tough decisions have borne fruit.

While we acknowledge that the planned delivery schedule of these new aircraft is ambitious, the pilots of PSA stand ready to work with our managements to protect and improve our airline and our futures as an integral part of the new American Airlines."




Yowza!



Bye Bye----General Lee

 

[Russ]

DL got in and out of the RJ biz for a reason GL.

 

[WSurf]

DL got in and out of the RJ biz for a reason GL.

Russ when you order 70 RJ-900's that's not exactly getting out of the biz. Just sayin.....

 

[Russ]

They owned a number of regional airlines and disposed or shut them down, that's getting out of the business. For some reason they've decided to the-enter a segment of the business that hasn't been kind to them.

 

[WSurf]

They owned a number of regional airlines and disposed or shut them down, that's getting out of the business. For some reason they've decided to the-enter a segment of the business that hasn't been kind to them.

Didn't they buy Pinnacle Airlines??? Which is now Endeavor Air
.... Seems like there still in the biz.

 

[General Lee]

DL got in and out of the RJ biz for a reason GL.

As Wsurf stated, DL still owns Endeavor. And, it isn't really about owning the whole airline, but rather own the RJs, and see who WANTS to fly them. If your airline owned these planes, they could shop them around when contracts get close to expiring. Not the case when the Major owns them. It's about control, and that frightens the feeders.


Bye Bye---General Lee