Mesaba Furlough

[fowingman]

10 saabs being removed in the fall furlough annoucement later today or tomorrow

 

[Salukipilot4590]

OH SHI-

Not good.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

10 saabs being removed in the fall furlough annoucement later today or tomorrow

Damn I hate when I am almost right.....
I was only off by 2 years on that happening. Hmm Mabye we will keep the 200's til 2011.

 

[lookin4better]

What are those FO drivers on the "9" gonna do? Can you turn uniform parts inside out at Wal-Mart or McDonalds? ;-P

 

[Mesabi Miner]

What are those FO drivers on the "9" gonna do? Can you turn uniform parts inside out at Wal-Mart or McDonalds? ;-P

From the heart, "Jackass."

MM

 

[joe_pilot]

Sorry to hear this guys. Good luck

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Sorry to hear the bad news for you guys.

If any of you XJ guys want to try and get in at Compass shoot me a PM, we'll see if we can't make mother Delta pay for your training again.

 

[i fly boxes]

Sorry Mesaba Guys, good luck

 

[Fly4PayNoMore]

Unfortunately, if the furloughs do happen, there are a number of guys on the bottom of the list that have already been furloughed from other airlines. Double, and who knows, triple whammy for some.

 

[XJohXJ]

Well, I guess the training department's going to be crazy busy again, soon. Too bad it's under such lousy circumstances.

And now Mesaba employees join the ranks of the thousands of lost jobs under the NWA-Delta merger.

 

[Raskal]

Well, I guess the training department's going to be crazy busy again, soon. Too bad it's under such lousy circumstances.

And now Mesaba employees join the ranks of the thousands of lost jobs under the NWA-Delta merger.

What? There are no job losses from the merger silly! Anderson and Steenland told congress that. This is from the economy

I'm very, very close to getting out of this mess.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

How many Saabs will be left?

 

[rf285]

Sorry to hear about a possible furlough. Too bad they are parking Saabs. I have a special place in my heart for Mesaba because you fly to Rhinelander. My favorite airport.

 

[Limeyflyer]

How many Saabs will be left?

39 Saabs

 

[WMUSIGPI]

39 Saabs

For now..... Don't ever expect that number to go back up.

 

[pianoman]

How many pilots does Mesaba run per airframe? (CA and FO's)

 

[OneBadLT123]

Talk has it daddy Delta didn’t want to renew the leases that were up on those 10 Saab's. No word on any more AC as of now though.

Such a shame. No word on any replacements. Now Delta has started to really run the show at XJ. It was only a matter of time.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Talk has it daddy Delta didn’t want to renew the leases that were up on those 10 Saab's. No word on any more AC as of now though.

Such a shame. No word on any replacements. Now Delta has started to really run the show at XJ. It was only a matter of time.

Then all the Saabs will be gone by 2012.....

 

[flap operator]

Per the contract voluntary furloughs have to be offered first. Given the fact there are no other real flying opportunities in the states and the fact no pilot took the early outs... this doesn't look good for staffing.

I'll try to remain optimistic and maybe they'll change their mind or maybe there will be a replacement a/c announcement. I'm not holding my breath though.

 

[CptMurf]

How many pilots does Mesaba run per airframe? (CA and FO's)

6 CA's 5 FO's per airplane roughly.