ASA "town hall" prediction

[777forever]

Care to elaborate? Or would you then have to kill me?......err all of us?

2nd hand source but I've heard Delta has decided to order the ATR72-600. Small order at first but the long term plan is to elimate the CR2 and replace most of the flying with the new ATR

 

[777forever]

Nevermind just got updated info. There will be big news but it won't be about ASA or SKW Inc. Turns out after all these years Pinnacle will be the place to have been. Delta has decided to go with the Q400 in reponse to fuel prices.

Makes sense to me. The new Pinnacle has a new pilot contract, a young pilot group, and most importantly costs are in line.

 

[LazyLightnin']

Cause they're spineless

 

[JoeMerchant]

Cause they're spineless

Using that logic, Southwest pilots were "spineless" when they didn't saddle their company with huge pension costs and inefficient work rules...Worked out pretty well for them in the end...

Competition is a b!tch and ALPA allowed competition, even encouraged it, within a brand....You are attacking the wrong straw man....

 

[OCP]

Nevermind just got updated info. There will be big news but it won't be about ASA or SKW Inc. Turns out after all these years Pinnacle will be the place to have been. Delta has decided to go with the Q400 in reponse to fuel prices.

Makes sense to me. The new Pinnacle has a new pilot contract, a young pilot group, and most importantly costs are in line.

And they fly that Q400 for a B scale. i.e. DIRT CHEAP!

 

[spudskier]

forget that, just heard. UAL not hiring because ASA is getting 737s for the IAD base. It was going to be CRJ700s but scope became and issue and not enough were available quickly enough There are a TON of 73s sitting in the desert. Since UAL doesn't operate the 73 anymore, they decided to contract it out so they don't have to reopen the program. 900!? who cares! We'll have 73s! This is the place to go SJSers!

 

[777forever]

And they fly that Q400 for a B scale. i.e. DIRT CHEAP!

Uh PNCL Corp Q400 pay will be higher than ASA 700 pay in 2012, not to mention the PNCL jet pay.

 

[COOPERVANE]

Bumpity bump

 

[looking_down]

forget that, just heard. UAL not hiring because ASA is getting 737s for the IAD base. It was going to be CRJ700s but scope became and issue and not enough were available quickly enough There are a TON of 73s sitting in the desert. Since UAL doesn't operate the 73 anymore, they decided to contract it out so they don't have to reopen the program. 900!? who cares! We'll have 73s! This is the place to go SJSers!

Interviewee got a call from ASA last week. He was told that he would do a sim eval in a 737 at the DL campus. Maybe the cr2 and cr7 sims are full at FS.....then again, maybe not...

 

[Max Q]

Well, it's the 8th. Any word on the ATL crew room town hall? Were we supposed to settle with the audio recording?

Otherwise known as, we don't really give a flip about your questions or comments.

 

[the palm]

Nevermind just got updated info. There will be big news but it won't be about ASA or SKW Inc. Turns out after all these years Pinnacle will be the place to have been. Delta has decided to go with the Q400 in reponse to fuel prices.

Makes sense to me. The new Pinnacle has a new pilot contract, a young pilot group, and most importantly costs are in line.

True. PNCL will be the place to be if you want to be in the mainline connection business. ASA/SKYW will move away from that model to to the Republic model....or just buy Republic.

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Well, it's the 8th. Any word on the ATL crew room town hall? Were we supposed to settle with the audio recording?

Otherwise known as, we don't really give a flip about your questions or comments.

Rescheduled to Friday

 

[LazyLightnin']

Rescheduled to Friday

"we're losing monies, dawg. We gots to change sum shizzle to getz da pimpz' flow back in line, word?.........peace and grease... Questions go to the interns, cuz I gots a tee time, like, soon"

 

[Cpt Oveur]

ASA the new Comair?

 

[COOPERVANE]

ASA the new Comair?

Fraid so!!

 

[79%N1]

ASA the new Comair?

Hardly! ASA just added 252 aircrafr to their fleet through added 70's and XJT (Good or bad). Comair is reducing to 44 aircraft. Going oppposite directions I would say. Now, in the distant future, who knows......

 

[spudskier]

Hardly! ASA just added 252 aircrafr to their fleet through added 70's and XJT (Good or bad). Comair is reducing to 44 aircraft. Going oppposite directions I would say. Now, in the distant future, who knows......

Normally your comments are fairly reasonable... this one was a bit short-sighted. We took on a possibly sinking ship in an effort to combine it with a powerless and adrift ship hoping we can grab bits and pieces along with the crew members to make a go of it. Jerry rigging will only get you so far...

 

[777forever]

ASA the new Comair?

I wouldn't go that far. If it was that bad Delta would have never gave us 8 more 70s. Now if Skywest never bought ASA we would have been in the same boat as Comair.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

The new Atlantic Southeast is the largest regional feed to the two largest airlines in the world. While you may think that's a great title, where do you think the capacity reductions are going to come from as oil accelerates its climb in price?

I don't know if it's doom and gloom, or time to panic, but it certainly is not time to celebrate.

 

[johnpeace]

While you may think that's a great title, where do you think the capacity reductions are going to come from as oil accelerates its climb in price?

MD-88s and DC-9s?