ASA IAD UAX Summer Flying and Q400

[777forever]

So...what's the 200 gunna be doing up in IAD this summer now that the Q has been put on most of our routes?

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Since you know the skeds, why not tell us?

 

[79%N1]

You watch.......ASA will be out of IAD by fall. Any flying left over there will go to the XJT ERJ's.

 

[mxaviator]

Since you know the skeds, why not tell us?

He makes the rumors, not sense of them.

 

[spudskier]

Q400s in iAD have been coming for a while (Colgan operated), unless UAL is gonna pay some hefty fines for violating the 5 year contract with ASA, they'll find something for the 200s to do.

 

[777forever]

Q400s in iAD have been coming for a while (Colgan operated), unless UAL is gonna pay some hefty fines for violating the 5 year contract with ASA, they'll find something for the 200s to do.

Wonder if the 5 year contract specifies that it has to be IAD or ORD based flying. Oakum to answer your question I looked all around the United schedules in IAD and did not find any new routes that ASA CR2s got switched to so no I don't know where United has shifted our flying to.

My fear is, if the Q400s are coming to IAD, are the 200s going to EWR? Either that or they are moving us to ORD. Musical bases might be starting back up a ASA in the near future

Also, ASA needs to get back in the turboprop business ASAP or Pinnacle Corp is going to eat us alive and most of us will end up flying 900s outta Hanoi because that's the only place the growth is going! (sarcasm)

 

[777forever]

He makes the rumors, not sense of them.

This is no rumor. Check united.com skeds outta IAD in June. You might be surprised what ya see!

[FONT=ARIAL,]seeing DH4s on IAD to
SYR (2 of 4)
ALB (3 of 4),
BTV (3 of 3)
ORF (3 of 5)[/FONT]

 

[79%N1]

Also, ASA needs to get back in the turboprop business ASAP or Pinnacle Corp is going to eat us alive and most of us will end up flying 900s outta Hanoi because that's the only place the growth is going! (sarcasm)

This, in my opinion, is dead on accurate! ASA/SKYW had better jump on this, or will be put behind the power curve! The CR2 - especially the way Delta has them flying out of ATL/MEM - are useless and need to be replaced! Running these things on 30 min legs around Alabama and Georgia is a waste, and a larger, fast, fuel efficient next gen turbo prop is the way to go! If ASA lets Pinnacle get the big jump here, ASA could be the one standing when the music stops.......and that time is coming soon!

 

[gojo]

This, in my opinion, is dead on accurate! ASA/SKYW had better jump on this, or will be put behind the power curve! The CR2 - especially the way Delta has them flying out of ATL/MEM - are useless and need to be replaced! Running these things on 30 min legs around Alabama and Georgia is a waste, and a larger, fast, fuel efficient next gen turbo prop is the way to go! If ASA lets Pinnacle get the big jump here, ASA could be the one standing when the music stops.......and that time is coming soon!

Oh no.... props? What happened to props are for boats?

 

[79%N1]

$150/barrel oil is what.

 

[Jetjockey]

So...what's the 200 gunna be doing up in IAD this summer now that the Q has been put on most of our routes?

Define "ours".

You work for an outsource vendor. Your flying can, and will get shifted to the partner whom UAL management decides.

 

[spudskier]

IMHO...

Will ASA be here in 5 years? Yes

Will ASA be here in 10 years? Wouldn't bet money on it

Will ASA be here in 15 years? No

 

[777forever]

IMHO...

Will ASA be here in 5 years? Yes

Will ASA be here in 10 years? Wouldn't bet money on it

Will ASA be here in 15 years? No

They'll be around in 15 years! However with bases in Hanoi, Rio, New Delhi and Shanghai!

 

[Medeco]

"ASA" won't exist next year when the merger is complete.

The new version will turn into something new down the road.

The people in ST George are not playing with fake money. They will make something out of all 3 plus someone else if needed.

 

[spudskier]

"ASA" won't exist next year when the merger is complete.

The new version will turn into something new down the road.

The people in ST George are not playing with fake money. They will make something out of all 3 plus someone else if needed.

Wouldn't bet my career on it being a decent place to work in 10 years, would bet my career that I'd still have a job here if I were to stay that long.

 

[LazyLightnin']

The us air Charlotte base rumor was fun while it lasted, now this?

 

[v1valarob]

Did you look up the flying the Q does to Canada? That apparently looks like it's going away out of EWR.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

The flying is going to a company that can do it cheaper, and their performance is just as good? Imagine that...