Originally Posted by
dtremit
Plenty of US-East staff have had experience with Sabre, as well -- so that should reduce the learning curve even more.
I'm curious, though, what the status of AA's effort to replace the current Sabre system is -- they walked away from the HP/Jetstream effort in BK after 3 years spent and $8M owed. Reports at the time said they were going to pick an off the shelf system to modify, and were planning to pick a vendor by the end of 2012 -- but it seems like crickets since then.
Precisely, and that's the way newAA is looking at the situation.
The Jetstream project was a pmAA project that will likely not continue. Considering that AA's CIO will flow through to the newAA (one of the only ones that does), I still do not expect a revival of Jetstream, but a continued focus on the future and what systems are available. pmAA looked VERY, VERY closely at adopting Amadeus' Altea Flight Management (weight & balance) solution after the Jetstream deal collapsed. I don't know the exact details, but it likely came down to cost (Amadeus is very $$$$) and the lack of customization for AA's needs (although Amadeus rolled out the red carpet for AA in many respects, and made many carrier-specific changes for BA later on).
After the new carrier is on one system I would expect it to look at the options out there, not before.