ASA ATR's are not going away.......

[finnjl]

I enjoyed flying the ATR when I was at ASA....I think it was my favorite airplane, the RJs were nice but it was not an ATR. I was in Hilton Head the other day and the FBO said ASA is going to start ATR service there pretty soon. I can not remeber from flying the ATR but is 4000 feet a short runway for an ATR? Is Dave Johnston the guy that kind of looks like Jay Leno?

 

[HA25]

Is Dave Johnston the guy that kind of looks like Jay Leno?

yea, that would be he, only he's funnier than Leno.

 

[ASARJMan]

DJ is still here. he's in the ATR training dept now. Good guy for sure!

 

[Rotorhead1]

The reason you don't see Dave Johnson around too much is he spends most of his time between San Francisco and Key West.

 

[HA25]

The reason you don't see Dave Johnson around too much is he spends most of his time between San Francisco and Key West.

far from it... The Dave I know has never stepped foot in either.

 

[Airboss]

From Skywest's 10-K filing with the SEC
ATR-72
Turboprops
While ASA currently operates
12 ATR-72 turboprops out of Atlanta, we expect that these aircraft will
be removed from service by December 2008.

 

[boknowsASA]

From Skywest's 10-K filing with the SEC
ATR-72
Turboprops
While ASA currently operates
12 ATR-72 turboprops out of Atlanta, we expect that these aircraft will
be removed from service by December 2008.

Funny you say that, the MTC class that just went thru somekind of ATR training at Flight Safety was told 4Q of 2009. It will never leave LOL

 

[711-24-7]

Funny you say that, the MTC class that just went thru somekind of ATR training at Flight Safety was told 4Q of 2009. It will never leave LOL

This plane makes money, it is not leaving ASA. I think we will see evern more these planes on our property before too long. Now if they just fix ground cart and about a dozen of those two dozen differals we will be back in business.

 

[Flyer1015]

Instead of starting another thread, I just thought I'd ask this about ATRs at ASA:

When you start as a new hire, how is it determine if you get the ATR, CRJ, or the CR7?

Is it done by age (oldest to youngest in the class)? Is it picked voluntarily by new hire pilots (eg, those who want the ATR get the ATR)? Or..... ?

 

[Oakum_Boy]

I don't think newhires are going to the ATR.

 

[centralpilot]

Instead of starting another thread, I just thought I'd ask this about ATRs at ASA:

When you start as a new hire, how is it determine if you get the ATR, CRJ, or the CR7?

Is it done by age (oldest to youngest in the class)? Is it picked voluntarily by new hire pilots (eg, those who want the ATR get the ATR)? Or..... ?

You bid for aircraft assignments based on your seniority within the training class, which is determined by age. If there are no voluntary bids for an aircraft the youngest pilots get the assignments.

 

[eagle06]

mostly people get junior assigned (therefore the youngest) however a senior person can bid it. A few new hires are still going into the plane but not out of every class.

 

[CFI2766]

Instead of starting another thread, I just thought I'd ask this about ATRs at ASA:

When you start as a new hire, how is it determine if you get the ATR, CRJ, or the CR7?

Is it done by age (oldest to youngest in the class)? Is it picked voluntarily by new hire pilots (eg, those who want the ATR get the ATR)? Or..... ?

Typically, it's an oldest to youngest order when selecting aircraft at ASA. In my class, however, there were 2 ATR slots and 20ish RJ slots, with all the RJs going to LAX. The only way to guarantee that you wouldn't go to LAX was to get the ATR. Thus, the ATR went really senior. (LAX is now closing, so I think that there are no new slots open at LAX.)