Another Bad Sign @ Piedmont

[PropPiedmont]

Just found out tonight that the paint schedule at PDT has been suspended indefinitely. Maybe, possible starting toward the end of the year.

Just another sign.

 

[lastout]

two words....

runaway runaway

 

[WSurf]

That can't be good!!

 

[CA1900]

Are you kidding me? You want to talk about a slipping paint schedule, have a look at what most of our fleet looks like. The blue sticker's just a stiff breeze away from revealing the US Airways flag underneath!

That's been the paint job for going on five years now. (Of course, the peeling blue makes it match the US 737's, so at least it's not out of place!)

 

[WSurf]

You would have thought the planes that were going through heavy checks would have already been painted. Considering the down time to do the check. Oh well!

 

[PropPiedmont]

On the bright side, have you all seen the Mesa CR9 in the new colors?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/993263/L/

Can't wait for summer again.

 

[JohnnyP]

....

Runaway?....And go where?....

 

[PropPiedmont]

One more quick observation:

How come PDT doesn't get to put the Heritage sticker by the passenger door? Even the contract carriers have them. All US Air and America West a/c have them on their old and new paint schemes, so how come we don't? Aren't we part of the US Airways heritage?

 

[WSurf]

Those only come with the new Paint Jobs on the express side! Anyone know when PSA is suppose to Paint there Aircraft? Misery loves company!

 

[RobCat]

Prop where did you get the info

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

You would have thought the planes that were going through heavy checks would have already been painted. Considering the down time to do the check. Oh well!

I don't think we can afford to have the airplanes out any longer than is absolutely necessary. We will fly the wings off these things until the last day, which may just be sooner than anyone thinks.

Why didn't we get the heritage stickers? Oh I don't know... Why didn't my concessionary contract snap back when we didn't get jets? Where is my flow through? What about profit sharing?

Being the red headed stepchild sucks. Those MESA 90 seaters sure are purty though. Is it true they get to park on the big jet gates? They are so cool.
:uzi:

 

[WSurf]

Don't know what to tell you Prop. We at PDT go to work, we do our job the best we can with the resources we have. And for all our hard work and sweat we get notta. As for the CRJ-900's thats a different story, I am sure the mainline boys love seeing that thing take over there 737 flying. It was okay when Mesa came over and took some of PDT's flying, but now that 900's in there own backyard taking there flying and jobs! Thanks again ALPA!
Its a race to the bottom!!!

 

[RobCat]

are we hiring yet?

 

[AirCanon04]

no...still guys tryin to stay floating in the pool. anyone know when upgrades are slated for this year?

 

[BRA]

Don't know what to tell you Prop. We at PDT go to work, we do our job the best we can with the resources we have. And for all our hard work and sweat we get notta. As for the CRJ-900's thats a different story, I am sure the mainline boys love seeing that thing take over there 737 flying. It was okay when Mesa came over and took some of PDT's flying, but now that 900's in there own backyard taking there flying and jobs! Thanks again ALPA!
Its a race to the bottom!!!

Yeah, how many passengers did those F100's used to seat again? I had thought all those mesa 900s would go away. I remember hearing all the complaints when i jumpseated USair mainline about the E170, and how it looked like a mini airbus, and that only seated 70 or so.

 

[PropPiedmont]

My info about the paint came from PDT maintenance control. Call them and ask.

As for upgrades, I heard that the next upgrade class will be the same month we take delivery of our first Q400.

 

[WSurf]

Oh, so your looking at 2025!

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

Any word on the next class? Help, we're drowning

 

[PropPiedmont]

Any word on the next class? Help, we're drowning

Same as the upgrades. As soon as we take delivery of the first Q400.

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

Understood.

 

[Dash8301]

Last I heard PDT was planning on upgrades and new hires in April of 06. But who knows around here.

 

[G2T]

I had heard March from a buddy that just got back from CQ. But I had also heard Nov, Jan, and Feb at some point or another, so let the guessing continue...

 

[PropPiedmont]

Last I heard PDT was planning on upgrades and new hires in April of 06. But who knows around here.

I'll crap my pants if it happens in April. We lose one more aircraft line of flying in April. Look at all the base manning lists and the number of lines.

For CAs:
CHO- 4 BU, 4 RSV, 15 Hard
CLT- 4 BU, 6 RSV, 10 Hard
EWN- 3 BU, 4 RSV, 11 Hard
LGA- 2 BU, 2 RSV, 22 Hard
MDT- 5 BU, 6 RSV, 32 Hard
PHF- 2 BU, 3 RSV, 10 Hard
ROA- 5 BU, 4 RSV, 26 Hard
SBY- 4 BU, 9 RSV, 24 Hard
SYR- 2 BU, 1 RSV, 15 Hard

235 Total active Captains with 29.8% of them without hard lines and 16.6% on straight reserve. 165 CAs with a hard line (70%) . That's 70 Captains without hard lines. 31 with Build-ups (13%) and 39 straight reserve (16%) throughout the system.

That's an awful lot for PDT standards. Now figure in one more line disappearing in April.

 

[zamboni9]

Heard out of HQ- reason the paint job was put on hold is because we are down an airplane due to hitting a flock of geese and we can't have a plane out for paint since the bird strick plane is out for a while. I've see the plane sitting in SBY without a tail and talked to the capt on the flight and they hit about 8 geese and it bent a spare in the tail.

 

[PropPiedmont]

That's a great excuse, but that is not what they told the Union.

 

[Flyin2low]

The Dash has a spare tail? Huh

Spar n. A main structural member in an airplane wing or a tail assembly that runs from tip to tip or from root to tip.

 

[PropPiedmont]

The Dash has a spare tail? Huh

No, he said "a spare in the tail". I'm sure he's talking about the spare tire in the trunk.

Paint permanently cancelled for a bird strike? Doesn't even make sense. Unless they plan on taking 9 months to fix it and we didn't have 2 other spare aircraft.

 

[blzr]

what's the DOH of the most jr captain there. Just curious where I would stand with a Nov2000 DOH

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

We are awfully short on airplanes for the flying we do have, or so it seems to me. Maybe this was just a decision to cover the schedule, who knows?

Rumors continue to abound... The LGA mechs still say the airplanes are going to paint.

 

[G2T]

The Dash has a spare tail? Huh

Spar n. A main structural member in an airplane wing or a tail assembly that runs from tip to tip or from root to tip.

Oh! A Spar! Thanks for the clarification. There's no way we could have figured that out without your great insight. I mean, I know we are talking about airplanes, tails, and structural damage, but who in their right mind would have gotten 'spar' from 'spare'? And the definition was good too. Even though we are all 121 pilots, it was good review. Thanks for the unsolicited flight instruction! Always appreciated!

Sorry, the rant got a little out of control. But just because Zambo typed an extra E on the end of a word there has to be smart comments in the middle of a good (well the news may not be good, but its more than I've heard from the company) thread.