Airborne Express + Hooters Air=?

[jehtplane]

But you can buy a certificate with ETOPS in the Ops Specs....

That is fine but if your planes are not ETOPS then the certificate does you no good, I find it hard to believe that abx would buy pace for that or any reason

 

[GoABX]

Maybe they want the 75s and possibly the 733s (though the price would have to be pretty compelling on these).

 

[ERfly]

Maybe they want the 75s and possibly the 733s (though the price would have to be pretty compelling on these).

They're all leased anyway. Besides, all but 1 757 and all of the -300s have gone back to the leasing compnay, I think.

 

[Peanut gallery]

Be Paranoid

I am not saying this to be a pain, I would be very paranoid of any new certificate being a dodge for labor contracts. You just never know and these days management is motivated to save cost no matter what.

The ETOPS theory makes no sense to me, type up a program start some mx tracking and 1 month later if you are already a 121 you can be ETOPS. If a company does not have the expertise to create a program then there are plenty of hired guns that can do the job for far less than buying a company.