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Continental


Houston, Texas
www.continental.com

quicktake

  • Second B787 route to be IAH-Lagos, Nigeria in fall 2011
  • Continental and United Airlines announced merger in May
  • Continental announced first B-787 route: IAH to Auckland New Zealand for Nov 2011, subject to government approval
  • Combined airline to retain United name and Chicago headquarters and be top world carrier by traffic
  • 74 737s have Direct TV installed
  • 10 777s and 8 757s have lie flat seats installed in business first
  • 4x daily EWR-London/Heathrow
  • DirecTV now installed on 31 737-900s and 20 737-800s
  • 777 deliveries: 3 remaining
  • 787 deliveries: 3 in 2011
  • CAL and United cooperating on frequent flier programs, lounges, facilities, and IT
  • Two daily nonstops each from EWR and IAH to London-Heathrow
  • 111 Boeing aircraft deliveries between 2008-2012
  • Averaging 2-3 737NG deliveries from Boeing per month
  • Domestic route map | Int'l route map
  • 787 fleet total upon delivery completion: 25
  • On 10/23/09 Continentals 10-Q SEC filing lists only five 777 aircraft on order. While two order conversions to narrowbody 737 aircraft were announced earlier in the year, lowering the order count to six
  • This page last updated: Aug 22, 2010 (fleet count)
 
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pilots pilots
4,804
Total
4,657
Active
147
Furlough

ALPA
(amend. Dec 2008)
pilots pilots
777-200: 
22
767-400: 
16
767-200: 
10
757-300: 
21
757-200: 
41
737-900ER: 
30
737-900: 
12
737-800: 
120
737-700: 
36
737-500: 
40

EWR
IAH
CLE
Guam

pilots

Not hiring. 147 on furlough.

Continental interview gouge.

pilots

List at gate no later than :45 prior. Unlimited jumpseats. CASS participant.




WIDE = 777, 767-400, 767-200
LN = 757-200, 757-300, 737-800/-900
SN = 737-700/-500/-300

Monthly line guarantee: 72 hours
"A" Reserve Guarantee: 72 hours (long call)
"B" Reserve Guarantee: 76 hours (short call)

Most junior captain hired: Mar 2000 (737/EWR)

Next contractual pay raise: July 2008

Per Diem :
$1.85/hr (dom)
$2.05/hr (int'l)
 

pilots

401K:
yes (plus Roth option)
401k Matching:
none
A/B Fund:
2.20% (frozen)/12.75%
Other:
Profit sharing (stock options)