AQ hiring & stuff

[Sleepyhead]

We had a mechanic J/S last week. He said they were looking at
-600s to replace the -200s. Just another rumor.

 

[Heavy Set]

I bet Boeing would do a deal for the 600s - they haven't sold any for a long, long time.

 

[Freight Dog]

The -600 rumor has been around for a LOOONG time. Here is the problem I see with the -600's:

1) No matter how sweet Boeing makes that deal, it'll be way too expensive.

2) How do you make money with the -600 with high lease payments if you're barely making money/breaking even with -200's with lease payments being WAY WAY lower than -600's?

3) You restrict their use to interisland only. You can't interchange them with -700 operation where the plane might make money.

Who knows.....

 

[DBCOOPER]

Please don't tell me that the new hire with 2000 TT is all inter island flying experience. Please don't tell me that all of his/her turbine time isn't in a Dash 8 flying inter island!! We need to be hiring more qualified/experienced pilots than that (for the 700 operation that is).....you know they're out there.