Bankair Bye Bye

[ETOPS-787]

Hello Boys

I worked for bankair too and had a wonderful time.
Flew their 402's, and Lear's. Great group of pilots.

Hi Jason (Learjunky) how are you?????

 

[LittleLearBoy]

I was in CAE last week. Saw 6 Lears 35s parked One looks like they are using it for parts. And I saw two MU-2s parked with no engines. What is sad is that the best way to learn about flying, scare yourself and the other guy, and have a great time doing it was hauling checks. I guess I can now start off a story with, "back in the day of hauling checks....." and then some young pilots says "what is hauling checks?" I will have to tell them because those days are about to be gone.

Sad............very sad in my book.

 

[Learjunky]

Hey guys

I'm going good. I've been at Skywest as a checkairman for the last 5 years and start at United tomorrow. Everything is going good. We live in COS. Wife and 2 children.

As for Bob Brown, don't know, he was married to Nettie Dickerson and then she passed away and I haven't heard any update on him since then.

Did you guys hear Chuck Goins Past away?

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

I was in CAE last week. Saw 6 Lears 35s parked One looks like they are using it for parts. And I saw two MU-2s parked with no engines. What is sad is that the best way to learn about flying, scare yourself and the other guy, and have a great time doing it was hauling checks. I guess I can now start off a story with, "back in the day of hauling checks....." and then some young pilots says "what is hauling checks?" I will have to tell them because those days are about to be gone.

Sad............very sad in my book.

yeah...hauling checks!!!!!...hauling germans was not as much fun:laugh: ...now newbies are scaring themselves in RJs with people on board

 

[LittleLearBoy]

Hauling Germans???? Whats that??

Hey Mo (ETOPS 7E7), how's life treating you?

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

checks...(chekoslavakia) joke! ahh nevermind!

 

[LittleLearBoy]

checks...(chekoslavakia) joke! ahh nevermind!

Sorry I didn't get it. It must be this transformation from flying nights to days. Just started to relearn about when there is sun means sunglasses are needed.

LLB.

 

[Learjunky]

Hey Mo-

I'm not feeling any love-
why you gotta be like that. You disappeared to CAL like a thief in the night.
We're proud of you! Don't be a stranger

How is that 777?

 

[737Wannabe]

Any current Bank Air guys or gals out there can confirm this? Damn! Just as I was started to get excited about heading that way!

 

[belchfire]

I used to meet one of the MU's in Concord and throw some of the bags out of my Aztruck to the Guy headed to CAE...

It's funny to watch even the most hardened ramp rat wince and cover their ears when that MU-2 comes up on the ramp...

hehehehe

Well, the "Catbird" callsign is gone. I had had hopes to go to Bankair at one point but a scuzzy regional grabbed me first...wish it wasn't so for Bankair too.

 

[Boris Badenov]

I'm not a bankair guy but I meet them every night. As of Friday, they're still flying and the guys don't seem too paniced. One of the routes is going to a different city in a week or two, but AFAIK, no one is losing their job.

 

[LittleLearBoy]

Well I can tell you this, the check hauling thing will be a thing of the past. The loads have cut down 3/4 of what they used to be. There is only one small push in CVG when there used to be two big ones. I saw 5 Lears and a few MU-2s (Two without engines) at BKA location. I won't hold out for it to be there in the future. I guess they will be looking for other work.

LLB

 

[Boris Badenov]

Oh, quite right. Fed runs are certainly on their way out. I'm just not quite ready to say that Bankair is. I know that we have a contingency plan for when the fed stuff goes away, I imagine they do too.

 

[RedDogC130]

I flew at BankAir from 1999-2002 and it was a great flying gig. LittleLearboy, MD11DRVR and Learjunky are good guys. I have a relative who flies there on a part-time basis. I will ask him what is going on these days there. The owners are very smart business owners..I am sure they will do smothing different if the fed stuff goes away. Good luck to anyone who works there that is on flightinfo