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turbomax97

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How did the VLOA's work out in terms of staffing? More specifically how is the EMB side looking? Still short?



...... Patiently waiting for a class date for 1+ year now
 
From what I have heard or read...looks like around 50 LOA have been approved and another 20 or so will soon be approved. That and with the addition of crj at risk flying that will soon be added (leaving very few if any rjs idle) I think we are safe until fall. We will have to see how the block hours look for over the winter... who knows. Latest word from mngmt is no furloughs are expected (takin with a grain of salt). As for new classes... That's going to be awhile, sorry man.
 
viper548 said:
I don't have any numbers but the last 3 FO's I flew with are taking the LOA.
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Dude,
I am not sure I would be proud of that, did you tell them about the bid avoid feature, LOA is kinda extreme, even for you.
PBR
 
MKE is losing another airplane. 418SW replaced 986CA which is getting United paint on it now. 418 leaves MKE in June or July. As far as I know, 986 was the only spare.
 
turbomax97 said:
How did the VLOA's work out in terms of staffing? More specifically how is the EMB side looking? Still short?



...... Patiently waiting for a class date for 1+ year now
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The training department estimates atleast 2 years now before there will be a new hire class.
 
Hats are coming back!
PBR
 
PBRstreetgang said:
Dude,
I am not sure I would be proud of that, did you tell them about the bid avoid feature, LOA is kinda extreme, even for you.
PBR
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That's what I thought at first but they were MKE trips I picked up. All 3 were commuters and that was their primary reason why.
 
MarineGrunt said:
MKE is losing another airplane. 418SW replaced 986CA which is getting United paint on it now. 418 leaves MKE in June or July. As far as I know, 986 was the only spare.
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I heard all 4 of the former independence planes (698,699,709,710BR) were sold to Russia
 
Any idea why 986 is getting United paint? Don't we have enough in that system?
 
Has something to do with the Northwest part of the US. No real specifics, but we've been told that there will be 7 CRJ200s running a branded operation, and that in doing so should be able to keep SkyWest from having to furlough anyone. Also expecting a 10-20% increase in Delta Connection flying for the summer months.
 
Fishpaw said:
Which markets will be pro-rate?
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Don't think they have released all the city parings but so far I know:

ORD-MKE, FWA, AUW, MYNN (NAS) :D

San Francisco to Ontario, Calif., Redmond, Ore. and Pasco, Wash

But there are some out of DEN that they haven't mentioned.
 
Don't expect any more LOA's to be approved over the summer. Spoke with KB the other day and he said we may be short for the summer months but then OK or a little fat again in the fall. Expect 85-95 hour lines for the summer and minimal reserve coverage. I know it seems crazy but thats what he said.
 
XPOO said:
No real specifics, but we've been told that there will be 7 CRJ200s running a branded operation, and that in doing so should be able to keep SkyWest from having to furlough anyone.
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Are you referring to the pro-rate flying, or an outright Skywest-branded operation, like Expressjet had? My understanding is that Skywest will handle the marketing and operations, but the flights will still operate under the United brand. I sure hope Skywest isn't planning on going rogue!
 
fastback said:
Are you referring to the pro-rate flying, or an outright Skywest-branded operation, like Expressjet had? My understanding is that Skywest will handle the marketing and operations, but the flights will still operate under the United brand. I sure hope Skywest isn't planning on going rogue!
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Yea, to call it Branded really is not true. It's just Pro-rate not branded. More like what Express Jet did for Delta last year rather than what Express Jet did with the aqua fresh planes.
 
fastback said:
Are you referring to the pro-rate flying, or an outright Skywest-branded operation, like Expressjet had? My understanding is that Skywest will handle the marketing and operations, but the flights will still operate under the United brand. I sure hope Skywest isn't planning on going rogue!
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Precisely what I meant, sorry to confuse everyone.
 
flyboyzz1 said:
Don't think they have released all the city parings but so far I know:

ORD-MKE, FWA, AUW, MYNN (NAS) :D

San Francisco to Ontario, Calif., Redmond, Ore. and Pasco, Wash

But there are some out of DEN that they haven't mentioned.
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I was disappointed when I heard the pro-rate markets out of ORD. It is just more frequencies to places we already serve. I guess opening a new station would just be too large of a risk pro-rate.
 
FYI all VLA will be denied until further notice per AS due to the pro rate flying and "Additional possibilities in the works". Take it for what it's worth.
 
flyboyzz1 said:
Don't think they have released all the city parings but so far I know:

ORD-MKE, FWA, AUW, MYNN (NAS) :D

San Francisco to Ontario, Calif., Redmond, Ore. and Pasco, Wash

But there are some out of DEN that they haven't mentioned.
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I heard that they will bring the EMB's back to DEN by mid summer and they'll only book it up to 17-18 due to performance.
 
flyboyzz1 said:
FYI all VLA will be denied until further notice per AS due to the pro rate flying and "Additional possibilities in the works". Take it for what it's worth.
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Source???
 

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