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    Kalitta Furlough

    This thread is awesome. Good to see some things never change. If you're wondering how you end up living with mom at 37 with a college degree, and zero turbine PIC from the almost dozen places you worked at, ask the Capt. He'll even tell you how to blame everybody else but yourself for the...
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    Telex headset parts

    I need to get a couple little plastic tensioners for my Air 3500. I am having no luck getting anybody to sell me some. I remember I used to just call Telex and they'd send them out. Now they want me to send in the whole headset in for two $1.00 plastic pieces. I'd guess the shop charge would be...
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    Remember Midwest

    Pfft. Somebody had to kill Midwest. Hoeksema did a good job of running it into the ground and then getting paid when it went to TPG/NW. Republic just happened to be there at the end of it all.
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    PEOPLExpress tries to fly again as new start-up

    I wish them luck, but how can you look at no startup money and an old 737 and think this is a good idea?
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    Frontier Trims Flights at Milwaukee Hub as Parent Republic Hunts for Buyer

    I would disagree. Midwest was a great opportunity. They got an established hub on the cheap with little competition, and didn't do anything with it. Midwest was mismanaged and lasted 25 years. What's Bedford's excuse? Bedford missed the boat on MKE. Renaming a convention center and putting a...
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    For those who quit the regionals...

    To the OP- 1. Low-level manager for a fortune 100 box hauler. 2. I miss flying to an extent. I don't miss the career. I refuse to rent or get current. Everybody has their reasons, I've slowly learned. What's best for you is good enough for me. I left because I saw nothing good for the short...
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    Don't hold your breath for a pilot shortage

    I get what you are saying. I guess I mostly agree. I don't think there are many in that 15% are just looking to get a private license. The 15% is probably 80-90% collegiate. That is the group that makes up the majority of professional pilots these days. The (very small) university I graduated...
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    The Milwaukee Labor Cauncil calls CEO Bryan Bedford a sucker!!!

    Yeah. Milwaukee though Hoeksema was an airline great. Everyone thought that good cookies meant your airline was run well. So every time Midwest and Frontier were mentioned together, nobody cared. As long as they got their cookie, no big deal. Everybody else knew this would happen. I'm not at all...
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    Leaving the industry completely

    I jumped in 2007. My advice would be to keep a mostly aviation resume. Maybe massage some points to 'ability to learn complex things', 'work as a team', etc. Get the jargon out. The key is to get interviews. People outside aviation are interested. They understand the commitment and skill, it's...
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    Republic interested in American Eagle again?

    If he finds a buyer, he's done his job. I'd sell it, let Bedford borrow back against it for cash, and then buy it back for nothing if Republic failed. Reminds me of the book 'Hard Landing' when everybody was buying everybody else just to be able to borrow more to keep running. Don't know if the...
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    Air Cargo Carriers

    I just noticed they seem to not be at the Skyway hanger anymore. Was that just a temporary thing or did it get too expensive? I also find it funny/sad that Skyway is still up on the signage on the front of the building.
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    Farewell USA 3000

    Thanks for that, Nostradamus. Sit back as we all congratulate you for making the single best decision of your life. Oh, and good luck to those out of work.
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    P-56 Busted Airspace

    Wow. I lurk around here and haven't even been in an airplane for 3 and 1/2 years. I knew exactly where P56 was, the radial and distance to take it out for. Maybe it was easy to remember for 328 folk, but reading isn't that hard. Trump em'.
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    What do RJET pilots think happens after RJET SLI?

    Any thought of F9 getting sold back out to the other Airbus operators looking to try to survive against the Boeing operator? Hey CL- I heard the YX proposal was something else. Can that be attributed to the newer, senior MEC not really caring about those furloughed?
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    What did the Trannies offer Midwest as a SLI?

    I remember hearing a rumor of a 7-1 ratio. I have no idea as to the scale at which that rumor is correct or incorrect. I'd bet every possibility was rumored at some point.
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    What do RJET pilots think happens after RJET SLI?

    Excellent. That should get you your Southwest number quicker. Wait. You want your current employer to fail? What does that give you? Nothing. Actually, it gives you less than you could have had. But some of those Midwest folks were just too good to be a part of Airtran. I wonder how that is...
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    Scheduling calls on your day off......

    Why? I got asked once and it was some B.S. turn midday that I was legal for. I was already at minimum days off, all they could do was ask. I said I'd do it for the hourly and $500 bucks. Scheduling thought I was nuts. I said that those are my pay conditions for doing the flight. Needless to say...
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    Who is using MEP(is it Republic)

    Yeah. The result of many years of many incompetent managers at Midwest. You guys would get a lot farther if you could see past first year rates of those not in charge and look at the clowns running the show. That short-sightedness plays right into their book.
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    The Airline Pilot Hat: What will become of it?

    I put a shot in a few pages ago. I agree with all of you that the hat is outdated. But Rez and PCl are right. The less you push to be different, the more you are the same. If you get rid of hats, the picket line (if it would get that far) looks like some airline employees. Could be anything at...
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    The Airline Pilot Hat: What will become of it?

    Agreed. Now go get me a coke.
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