Air Wisconsin

[WhiteCloud]

Does Air Wis have pref bidding?

Sort of....the senior guys get what they prefer and it goes downhill from there.

 

[StarChk20]

I'll take that as a no

 

[WhiteCloud]

I'll take that as a no

There's always talk about improving the system there. What's the latest?

 

[Tyler Durden]

I believe they are planning to hire significant numbers through the first part of next year and the attrition is still higher than they predicted.

Just returned from RCGS. Latest word from ATW is another class in December and the 30/month begining in January until we're back up to decent staffing levels. The hang up right now is SIM time. The DEN sim is in transition to CLT which is bottle necking the upgrades and new hires.

 

[N4niner206]

I'll take that as a no

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :beer:

You men pref bidding isnt where....? ahh nevermind

 

[mynameisjim]

...Latest word from ATW is another class in December...

Any idea if that class will include any new hires from the pool?

 

[IFlyLow]

Any idea if that class will include any new hires from the pool?

Yeah it does. It supposedly will be a class of 15 which is the total size of the pool.

 

[logolight]

Thee 190's are 100% out of the question. The 170's are an extremely far fetched idea.

~wheelsup

My understanding is that any EMB-170/190's will be flown by USairways pilots. AWAC will be allowed to fly the CRJ -700/900 series with the -900 being the more realistic aircraft. Besides, the EMB-170 is so far back logged in deliveries that at one point Embraer stopped taking orders.

 

[masedogg19]

logo...thats what i was told too

in regards to the classes....we heard nothing in december....2 classes in november...i can vouch for one because all of their literature was in the room on our last day...they start tomorrow morning.....we were told around 30 a month through July.....hope thats the case

(keeping my fingers crossed)

 

[logolight]

Yeah 30 a month sounds good. I also heard a rumor that we had a USairways ghost rider on board one of our flights the other day to evaluate us for PHX flying. Who knows?

 

[Beechnut]

That was me. I decided we at Air Wisconsin will not be able to handle the western flying. I called HQ after the flight and axed the idea.

Sorry.

S.

 

[Paladin]

Will AWAC eventually operate the 146s for USAir? I read in an earlier post that they were coming back online late summer....my apologies if I missed something.

 

[masedogg19]

nope....all the 146 guys are transitioning to the CRJ or are heading elsewhere

 

[wheelsup]

Will AWAC eventually operate the 146s for USAir? I read in an earlier post that they were coming back online late summer....my apologies if I missed something.

They are down to 5 or 6 146's I think from around 17. Some have been sent to England, I'm not sure what was done with the others. They are being phased out of the United system gradually until April 2006. I don't think there are any plans to put the remainder to use on US Air, although serving ASE would certainly be a niche market. I think it (the 146) can do DCA-ASE full. Atleast that's what someone told me.

It would be pretty cool if they could pick up some of Mesaba's Avro's - but I wouldn't hold your breath.

~wheelsup

 

[masedogg19]

i think we have 4 or 5 sitting at ATW....not in use all.....seems like we're done with them for good....

 

[logolight]

That was me. I decided we at Air Wisconsin will not be able to handle the western flying. I called HQ after the flight and axed the idea.

Sorry.

S.

Did you tell them to give it to GJ's instead?

 

[avrodriver]

I don't think there are any plans to put the remainder to use on US Air, although serving ASE would certainly be a niche market. I think it (the 146) can do DCA-ASE full.

~wheelsup

DCA-ASE.....no way Jose.

I remember at XJ we had a hard enough time doing MEM-ASE at times in the Avro.

The 146 was once a mainline aircraft at USAir (PSA back in the day). USAir pilots would be the only ones allowed to operate it. You can kiss that thing goodbye.

 

[av8er23]

Noticed that no one has bashed AWAC in this thread. Where are the haters?

 

[livinadream]

There aint any/many haters.......one of the best regionals out there, even with all the crap going on. The 146 would flame out somewhere over Goodland KS on the DCA-ASE route.

 

[av8er23]

Is AWAC still have plans on hiring 25-30 monthly through next summer?