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Cpt Oveur

I had the fish for dinner
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The Displacement bid for the ATRs shows the count of how many pilots ASA is fat.

CRJ CA: 42
CRJ FO: 19
CR7 CA: 8
CR7 FO: 15
AT7 CA: 50
AT7 FO: 54

That's 188 more pilots than are needed for the August Schedule. Those numbers are the difference between the number on the roster and the Maximum number needed, so you can easily bend the numbers to reflect a larger quantity of pilots not needed for August.

"ASA has never furloughed in the past" should not be a source of comfort for those who are junior on that seniority list. The fall is going to hit ASA hard.
 
The Displacement bid for the ATRs shows the count of how many pilots ASA is fat.

CRJ CA: 42
CRJ FO: 19
CR7 CA: 8
CR7 FO: 15
AT7 CA: 50
AT7 FO: 54

That's 188 more pilots than are needed for the August Schedule. Those numbers are the difference between the number on the roster and the Maximum number needed, so you can easily bend the numbers to reflect a larger quantity of pilots not needed for August.

"ASA has never furloughed in the past" should not be a source of comfort for those who are junior on that seniority list. The fall is going to hit ASA hard.



Wow, that doesn't sound good at all. It would be extremely hard to believe that we'd keep 188 +/- folks around more than we need.

I do find it very tiresome to hear the repeated mantra of "ASA has never furloughed in the past". Highly irrelevant. If it's time to furlough, and it looks like it might be soon, the furlough will happen.
 
I believe that numbers reflected in Prelims are relevant only for the effective date. What i mean is we are fat that many on 3/2/09 there is no relevance between that number and next month.
 
"ASA has never furloughed in the past" should not be a source of comfort for those who are junior on that seniority list. The fall is going to hit ASA hard.
We'll see. When SkyWest was fat following the post 9-11 cutbacks, it didn't furlough even though reserve levels were in the neighborhood of 40% (20-25% was the desired level at that time). Management and higher paid non-pilot worker bees took temporary pay cuts but there were no pilot furloughs. The management team that was in place at SKYW then has a great deal of influence at ASA now. Past performance does speak to the management's mindset. Anybody taking bets?
 
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The Displacement bid for the ATRs shows the count of how many pilots ASA is fat.

CRJ CA: 42
CRJ FO: 19
CR7 CA: 8
CR7 FO: 15
AT7 CA: 50
AT7 FO: 54

That's 188 more pilots than are needed for the August Schedule. Those numbers are the difference between the number on the roster and the Maximum number needed, so you can easily bend the numbers to reflect a larger quantity of pilots not needed for August.

"ASA has never furloughed in the past" should not be a source of comfort for those who are junior on that seniority list. The fall is going to hit ASA hard.

They are already working on mitigating any hardship. COMA lines are out and that will take some out of the fold month to month. Additionally, you will see lines spread out so much they will be about 75 hours total. Our schedule will be reduced but not as much as elsewhere. ASA should be able to absorb it. Just don't count on getting off reserve anytime soon if you're on it. I have a lot of confidence in our leadership, first time ever for me while at ASA. I really don't believe ASA will be furloughing.

Trojan
 
Brad is running the ship now. He never furloughed a pilot while he was at SkyWest, and I put my money on that he will not do it know.
 
I'm betting a gallon of jet A was less than half the cost back then.
WE DON'T PAY FOR GAS!!!! It almost seems like you guys want us to fourlough! Geesh, lighten up a bit, if you say things enough you will start putting ideas into their heads and then we will fourlough. My confidense is high that ASA will be fine, and after Mesa goes tits up, we will be looking really smart for having the crews available to cover that flying. If you fourlough, you have to send all of those guys back some some sort of training to get them back online. Have a little faith!
 
If Popeye's raises their dark-meat chicken price, ASA will furlough.
 

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