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turbomax97 said:
Anyone have any news about skywest i.e. when a new class date will be run? Schedule reductions? etc etc...
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If I had to venture a guess, from my limited inside knowledge I'd say no new classes until spring.

Oh, and here's a thought to ponder... Being that the airlines are in such bad shape financially, and looking at every way possible to cut costs. Now add to the mix potentially thousands of unemployed pilots looking for work. When and If the airlines (more specifically the regional types) start hiring again I wonder if we are going to see a revival of PFT (Pay-for-Training), Unpaid new hire training, etc. all over again. I hope not!
 
CX880 said:
Didn't someone say they're going to stop the Midwest flying resulting in job losses?
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No. The Midwest side is going from 22 down to 11 aircraft. However, no one expects Midwest to survive through the year.
 
MYFpilot said:
If I had to venture a guess, from my limited inside knowledge I'd say no new classes until spring.

Oh, and here's a thought to ponder... Being that the airlines are in such bad shape financially, and looking at every way possible to cut costs. Now add to the mix potentially thousands of unemployed pilots looking for work. When and If the airlines (more specifically the regional types) start hiring again I wonder if we are going to see a revival of PFT (Pay-for-Training), Unpaid new hire training, etc. all over again. I hope not!
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I think there is still a shortage of pilots and age 65 has a lot to do with these furloughs as much as oil. I don't think PFT will come back, I would bet that a lot of folks will leave the aviation industry.
 
1080P said:
I think there is still a shortage of pilots and age 65 has a lot to do with these furloughs as much as oil. I don't think PFT will come back, I would bet that a lot of folks will leave the aviation industry.
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Huh????????What????????
 
1080P said:
I think there is still a shortage of pilots and age 65 has a lot to do with these furloughs as much as oil. I don't think PFT will come back, I would bet that a lot of folks will leave the aviation industry.
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Uhhhh...No. Not so much.

Tough times ahead. Hopefully the further we fall, the higher we will climb in the next upswing.
 
turbomax97 said:
Anyone have any news about skywest i.e. when a new class date will be run? Schedule reductions? etc etc...
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My guess, after all the future furloughs are recalled.

There's an aviation picnic right now, and all the airlines are going, including the Regionals this time. Would you like your $hit sandwich on wheat or white?

Sorry to be cynical, but I wouldn't expect much of anything from any airline right now.

(I know SKW hasn't announced furloughs, but this is the gist of the industry right now)
 
New aircraft orders (18 -700's United, 4- 900's Delta) start in this novermber, and continue through next year. So we will be adding 22 aircraft to our fleet. If Midwest tanks then that will eat up the extra pilots. We are realy short on EMB-120 Pilots right now. So I dont think the "F" word will happen. Things will just even out.
 
Some clouds were spotted around SGU last night and the roof ON SkyWest HDQ got wet, really wet. Also, a dispatch newhire class started ON Monday.
Anything else new, Walter?
 
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10nCLR said:
Some clouds were spotted around SGU last night and the roof on SkyWest HDQ got wet, really wet. Also, a dispatch newhire class started on Monday.
Anything else new, Walter?
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New carpet was installed ON the SkyWest Flight Control floor this past week.
 
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amcnd said:
New aircraft orders (18 -700's United, 4- 900's Delta) start in this novermber, and continue through next year. So we will be adding 22 aircraft to our fleet.
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According to the Skywest Press Release dated 10/12/07 the 18 UAL 700's are replacements for 23 UAL E120's and the 4 Delta 900's are replacements for 4 Delta 200's. That is actually a net loss of 5 airframes. So I don't think these orders are going absorb anything.

http://www.skywest.com/skywinc/invest/investor_releases/2007/Oct/22_add_RJ.pdf
 
Yes, the parking of brasilias is definately not going to be what was in the original press release, at least not as soon as they wanted. They got rid of 2 in june but they're definately not on schedule of parking brasilias.
 
amcnd said:
They changed the plan. Only a half dozen are going to be retired now. the RJ's are replacing them in some markets.
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Hopefully one of them is the one we flew today. What a POS! Ok, ok... its not a POS. It's just that the rudder trim has a lag of about 20 seconds and you have to have the aileron trim on 2.5 to the right to get it to fly straight. Other than that, it's a peach.

That's about all the news I can think of. Oh wait, what else--I deleted my standing bid for the jet today. It has to have been the shortest standing bid on record--it had only been there three days. And SLC fuelers are tellin' stories to ops. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

Since I can't think of anything else REAL, I'll start making up stuff.... Furloughs imminent. Estimates of 500 pilots on the the street... Will furlough out of order, starting with self-important CRJ FOs. (The cool ones can stay.)

-Goose
 
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Goose Egg said:
Hopefully one of them is the one we flew today. What a POS! Ok, ok... its not a POS. It's just that the rudder trim has a lag of about 20 seconds and you have to have the aileron trim on 2.5 to the right to get it to fly straight. Other than that, it's a peach.

That's about all the news I can think of. Oh wait, what else--I deleted my standing bid for the jet today. It has to have been the shortest standing bid on record--it had only been there three days. And SLC fuelers are tellin' stories to ops. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

Since I can't think of anything else REAL, I'll start making up stuff.... Furloughs imminent. Estimates of 500 pilots on the the street... Will furlough out of order, starting with self-important CRJ FOs. (The cool ones can stay.)

-Goose
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You mean the ones that like to drink Kool-Aid?
Umm, no GDP in ORD today but ATL took quite a few diversions so far(1730Z), only about 63.
Hmm, all of sudden there is a spike in the number of a/c in C-checks. Either a natural buildup of a/c needing to be done all at once (which I haven't seen before) or something is being done now to offset/prepare for something else which has yet to be publically released but is already on the table. On the table? Isn't that where the leftover chicken bones, the bread crumbs and Kool-Aid spills can be found? Who knows.
 
10nCLR said:
Hmm, all of sudden there is a spike in the number of a/c in C-checks. Either a natural buildup of a/c needing to be done all at once (which I haven't seen before) or something is being done now to offset/prepare for something else which has yet to be publically released but is already on the table. On the table? Isn't that where the leftover chicken bones, the bread crumbs and Kool-Aid spills can be found? Who knows.
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Hmm... I have heard similar type rumblings. I guess we'll just have to see if its actually something real, or just chicken bones and kool-aid spills :)

-Goose

P.S. I shouldn't have included fuelers telling stories to Ops as "news." That isn't really "news" at all. :)
 
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