Aloha Expansion?

[Sleepyhead]

Anyone know if we are also doing a lot of upgrades?
That would be a clue to what is going on.

In other news:
Island Air is now officially sold according to the story in the
Honolulu Advertiser today. Story says they will begin flights OGG-KOA tomorrow and they are promising lower fares.

check out the story here:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/May/12/bz/bz01a.html

 

[islandhopper]

I was watching the news tonight and this commercial for Hawaiis new "Third Airline" comes on and I was thinking "boy thats fast". then at the end of the 30 seconds its a spot for PACIFIC WINGS. Man i tell you, that Kahlstrom is a dork.

Some poor bastard is going to buy a ticket on them thinking its a stand up cabin turboprop with a stu and get a Cassna 402 or whatever the hell he flys over there.

 

[Sleepyhead]

Interview notices have gone out for interviews at the end of this month.

 

[Trash8Mofo]

Interview notices have gone out for interviews at the end of this month.

How many classes planned for the rest of the year?

 

[Sleepyhead]

I just heard that a class of 6 is scheduled for July,
then possibly another class in Sept.

 

[Polaris]

I heard there are five guys in the pool waiting. Do they go first in the next class? Or can they be bypassed by the new interviewers?

 

[English]

Hey Sleepyhead, what are all these new hires going to fly?

 

[Sleepyhead]

...what are all these new hires going to fly?

That's a good question.
On the other hand, there will only be a net gain of approx 35 pilots by the end of 2004.
(we hired 36 so far, another 6 in July and maybe 6 in Sept, so far 2 have not made it through training and one has left, then there are 10 retirements in 04, that makes a net gain of 35) since we are getting 2 new airplanes, that increase makes senss.

The big question is how will the schedule change now that Island Air is sold?

 

[Pull & Rotate]

"one has left"

What's the story with this guy?

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

"one has left"

What's the story with this guy?

Something about being caught in a compromising position with a F/A...

 

[Nalo Boy]

what position would that be? hehe

 

[English]

Hugh has left the building.

 

[dash8driver]

yea.. i talked to the FA and he said he was quite embarrassed at the whole thing. for some reason nothing happened to the FA, they let him keep his job.

 

[Sleepyhead]

I heard it was the FA's partner that complained,
apparently he saw the whole thing.

 

[Getter]

I heard that someone recently flat out quit during IOE or during consolidation. Anyone else hear about this??

 

[Pull & Rotate]

I think one of the new hires left to go to another airline.