World Airways no more

[dalad]

World has ceased operations. In honor here is a link to the last flight out of Danang. 268 people in a 727 not including the cargo bins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eC73rZPH3Q&feature=youtu.be

 

[27 driver]

Sorry to hear it.

 

[dalad]

I ate dinner with a friend last night who was working there, he said he didn't know day to day if he had a job.

 

[vetrider]

World has ceased operations. In honor here is a link to the last flight out of Danang. 268 people in a 727 not including the cargo bins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eC73rZPH3Q&feature=youtu.be

Here's the Captain of that flight.
http://www.onacrew.com/ONAbasicKenHealy.html

http://www.vietnambabylift.org/Flying_Playpens.html

http://www.cnac.org/healy01.htm

To this day I remember his name and World Airways from a book that made an impression on me as a teenager.
http://www.amazon.com/Boeing-727-Scrapbook-Len-Morgan/dp/0816883440

I'm sorry to hear this, my best to all affected.

 

[HA25]

Sad Sad ..... first ATA, then my Evergreen, and now this... nobody left of the great non-sheds' of the old days...

 

[Dan Roman]

Here's the Captain of that flight.
http://www.onacrew.com/ONAbasicKenHealy.html

http://www.vietnambabylift.org/Flying_Playpens.html

http://www.cnac.org/healy01.htm

To this day I remember his name and World Airways from a book that made an impression on me as a teenager.
http://www.amazon.com/Boeing-727-Scrapbook-Len-Morgan/dp/0816883440

I'm sorry to hear this, my best to all affected.

Good links Vetrider, thanks.
The non skeds have always had an interesting history. Transocean is a great story..... Speaking of ONA, I went to college with the son of one of their legendary pilots. Stinky Davis, he was the Captain of the DC-10 that ingested birds at JFK and they aborted after V1. The airplane was totalled, but everyone got out. They were all (I think about 130) employees heading to go fly a Hadj contract in the middle east. I believe I recall that another time he landed a DC-8 on Ice in the middle of the North pole due to some kind of major component failure.
A lot of great aviators in the non sked ranks and a lot of great stories. Flying all over the world for weeks at a time can be a pain in the ass, but it's a lot more challenging and creates a lot more adventure than domestic flying ever will.

 

[johnsonrod]

Good luck to everyone there. Is North American still flying? Wasn't NA owned by the same holding company?

 

[bafanguy]

Any idea how many pilots this affects ?

 

[bafanguy]

Is North American still flying? Wasn't NA owned by the same holding company?

Found this re North American...posted just a week ago...unable to say how valid it is:

http://www.pilotjobsnetwork.com/jobs/North_American

 

[gutshotdraw]

Good luck to everyone there. Is North American still flying? Wasn't NA owned by the same holding company?

The article I saw indicated Cerebus Capital was the major lien holder on World and refused to offer additional financing. North American is undergoing evaluation by the same beancounters (yes, NA is owned by the same holding company as World).

With the drawdown in the sandbox and the evaporation of government contracts, I fear for North American's future as well. Sad.

I love this PROFESSION but I hate this BUSINESS.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

The article I saw indicated Cerebus Capital was the major lien holder on World and refused to offer additional financing. North American is undergoing evaluation by the same beancounters (yes, NA is owned by the same holding company as World).

With the drawdown in the sandbox and the evaporation of government contracts, I fear for North American's future as well. Sad.

I love this PROFESSION but I hate this BUSINESS.

Well put,

As one Buddy told me before he hit the silk leaving there..."peace is breaking out and we got nothing else"

Best of luck to them

 

[HA25]

Well put,

As one Buddy told me before he hit the silk leaving there..."peace is breaking out and we got nothing else"

Best of luck to them

Sad thing is I heard the same stuff at Gemini when we went under, and Evergreen, too many of these companies relied on AMC. Where Atlas was smart is to diversify and owns 75% of the commercial market now for ACMI.

BTW ... good to see you still on here (FMS-speed here my former name).

 

[Hpilot]

Here's the Captain of that flight.
http://www.onacrew.com/ONAbasicKenHealy.html

http://www.vietnambabylift.org/Flying_Playpens.html

http://www.cnac.org/healy01.htm

To this day I remember his name and World Airways from a book that made an impression on me as a teenager.
http://www.amazon.com/Boeing-727-Scrapbook-Len-Morgan/dp/0816883440

I'm sorry to hear this, my best to all affected.

Thanks for the links. Several guys over there were trying to get on at US. Tough competition though, unfortunately none of them got called. I know one though just got on at Spirit. Best of luck to the rest.

 

[freightdogfred]

I ate dinner with a friend last night who was working there, he said he didn't know day to day if he had a job.

Well, he knows today. If he's a young gun, he's got a shot at a major, what with all the geezers retiring. Non-Sked's great fun when you're young but you're only as good as your last contract. RIP World Airways.

 

[71driver]

great stories... refreshing and heartwarming to hear stories of such integrity and valor...sad to see them go