Air Midwest??

[YODA]

I have a question for anyone that might know how Air Midwest operates. A family member of mine was scheduled to depart on one of their flights to come visit for the weekend. The first flight was cancelled due to a lack of flight crew, so they put her on the next flight. That flight is now either delayed or cancelled due to maintenence. This does not sound like the most squared away operation to me.

 

[T-Gates]

Air Midwest is part of Mesa.... That kind of stuff happens everywhere....

 

[YODA]

The question which I did not mention in my previous post is, is that normal for this airline to operate that way? It surely does not seem good for business.

 

[aviatrix]

Unfortunately many Air Midwest flights get cx'd or delayed due to a severe crew shortage crisis! They need to decide what they're going to do with the Beech 1900's and EAS contracts and get some more pilots through training and upgrade soon!

 

[guyincognito]

I fly Air Midwest every week. I've lost track of the number of times my flights have been delayed or cancelled due to Mx, weather on the route of flight, flight crew unavailable or even flight crew rest requirements (At least those are USAirways' reasons). From the look on the pilots' faces, they don't seem any happier about it than I am.

But I do dig the 1900! Every seat is a window and an aisle! (Except for row 1, no window.) Speaking of the 1900, why the heck is the left side 'A' and the right side 'F'? You can't fit any more than 3 seats across, so shouldn't it be A and C???

 

[eddie]

A and F are the window seats on standard 6 seat configuration aircraft. Labeling them this way makes it easy for reservations agents to tell pax that they are getting a window seat.

The Jetstream was 1 and 2 labeled A, D, and F.

 

[Typhoon1244]

Speaking of the 1900, why the heck is the left side 'A' and the right side 'F'?

They tried 'F' and 'U.' People complained...

 

[chperplt]

They tried 'F' and 'U.' People complained...

Come on now.. Do you actually think passengers are smart enough to figure that one out?

 

[dkwid]

I'm a passenger and I figured it out right away.....thank you very much.