Aloha Airlines to cease passenger operations March 31

[captain007]

It's a very sad day. Best wishes to the employees and their families.

 

[HalinTexas]

The Hawaiian community will be just fine, save for those that lost their jobs. There is nothing in the charters of the FAA or DOT says that they have to save an airline.

If you read the Star Bulletin article above, there's an AQ FO that says it very accurately. It also states how other airlines are going to pick up the slack. Read it!

No, I don't like J. O. and what he's doing to the industry, but Mesa has been accused of this stuff for as long as I've been in the industry. (15 years)

As tough as it is right now, I'd rather stay deregulated. When the government steps in everyone loses.

 

[On Your Six]

It's ironic that AQ shuts down before the busy summer travel season when Americans are likely to flock to cheaper American leisure destinations like Hawaii, Florida, Las Vegas, etc. No way Americans will pay outrageous prices to fly to Europe with the current exchange rate issues. Americans and non-Americans (especially Europeans) will be flocking to these resort destinations.

I would bet that every seat on AQ would have been sold during the busy summer period. Quite a shame!

 

[go!ng for broke]

The Hawaiian community will be just fine, save for those that lost their jobs. There is nothing in the charters of the FAA or DOT says that they have to save an airline.

If you read the Star Bulletin article above, there's an AQ FO that says it very accurately. It also states how other airlines are going to pick up the slack. Read it!

No, I don't like J. O. and what he's doing to the industry, but Mesa has been accused of this stuff for as long as I've been in the industry. (15 years)

As tough as it is right now, I'd rather stay deregulated. When the government steps in everyone loses.

Federal Goverment deregulation law is regulation that supersides state antitrust laws. While I think you are a heartless Butt Nugett I will ask you to read this.

http://www.dontflygo.com/

 

[RJP]

So, what's up with Aloha cargo still operating? How can they employ those who happened to get a night cargo reserve bid for April? No opening of the bid for everyone to try to keep flying? Is ALPA even aware of what's going on here? They have nothing on their website about Aloha at all. What a sad state of affairs. I want my ALPA dues back. They suck.

 

[fly4surf]

I was wondering how that would work too.

So if you are on it now you get to keep it???

Regardless of senority??

Seems a bit wierd, more than a bit I suppose.

 

[FlickerFade]

http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=6905

Aloha wants injunction against pilots' union

David Segal
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Aloha Airlines filed a motion today in bankruptcy court seeking a temporary restraining order against its pilots’ union after it threatened a walkout by cargo pilots over a seniority issue. Aloha is the state’s largest air carrier of goods between the islands, with 85 percent of the market.
Yesterday, on the same day that the airline shut its passenger operations, a communication to the company’s pilots from David Bird, chairman of the Aloha unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, said that the company “foolishly think(s) they can just operate cargo status quo regardless of seniority.”
In its motion, Aloha said that ALPA apparently takes the position that cargo flights should be granted to pilots based solely on seniority without taking into account those pilots’ qualifications to fly Aloha’s cargo equipment.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[RJP]

No pilots, no aloha.

So, did the cargo guys fly last night after midnight? Day freight too?

 

[topdawg]

The pilots should walk off and fck the company like they fcked us!