Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
AAflyer said:Labbats, I have heard the SAAbs being taken out of storage rumor. I flew at Eagle 9 years ago. I think a big mistake we made back then was not buying the SAAB 2000. I am sure as we enter Sec 6 there will be many more rumors abound.
Best,
AAflyer
Jeff Helgeson said:AA:
I toured the SAAB 2000 in SJU around 1994 - 1995. It was nice, but I was more impressed with the ATR-42 with the engines and props from the Super 72 model. The SAAB just doesn't have the room, OHB space or cargo capacity for the Caribbean that the ATR does and SJU is still all props.
Center Pork IV really blue it when they bought the ATR without APUs, deciding they could run the right engine with the prop brake on. That didn't work since the galley door is on the right side and the quick turn factor. The ramp, as most airlines, is inconsistant in getting ground air and electic hooked up and for a 25 minute out-station turn....forget about it!
Jeff Helgeson said:AA:
I toured the SAAB 2000 in SJU around 1994 - 1995. It was nice, but I was more impressed with the ATR-42 with the engines and props from the Super 72 model. The SAAB just doesn't have the room, OHB space or cargo capacity for the Caribbean that the ATR does and SJU is still all props.
Center Pork IV really blue it when they bought the ATR without APUs, deciding they could run the right engine with the prop brake on. That didn't work since the galley door is on the right side and the quick turn factor. The ramp, as most airlines, is inconsistant in getting ground air and electic hooked up and for a 25 minute out-station turn....forget about it!
100 c.i. said:Keep in mind there is still the issue of the 19 TWA 757's that are soon to disappear. Unless there's a plan to perhaps drag some planes from the boneyard, the overall loss of airframes reduces the number of required pilots and conseqently affects the recall rumor. Hope I'am wrong and have been many times, but I believe it when I get the "CALL"..
pilotyip said:Sellingdirt, everyone on the entry level is having trouble finding qualified pilots. There is a growing pilot shortage in the entry-level jobs. Company have redefined their hiring minimums Comm., MEL, Inst and you can apply. The recalls by DAL, NWA, AA, and UAL will accelerate the turnover in the lower end of the business. This will create more flying jobs in an already tight market. This all leads up to the 2007-hiring boom.