ASA "town hall" prediction

[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?

 

[BOX OFFICE]

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.

It's also the largest operator of 50 seat RJs now. That can't be good for ASA's future, regardless of whatever spin your management puts on it.

 

[BOX OFFICE]

MD-88s and DC-9s?

The DC9s are going to be parked very soon. But we are still receiving MD90s, and we are getting them a lot slower than management would like to. A319s and DC9s are currently replacing RJs on many routes,especially in ATL and that will continue. Eventually, turboprops will replace short haul Delta RJ flying. It appears they are now keeping the Saabs for a while, and there is talk of another turboprop coming into the system (Pinnacle/Colgan Q400s? ).

 

[johnpeace]

It's also the largest operator of 50 seat RJs now. That can't be good for ASA's future, regardless of whatever spin your management puts on it.

I'll buy that.

I expect ASA to morph from a mostly 50 seat fee-for-departure carrier into something else.

The next few years are going to be interesting.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

You people have it all wrong. SkyWest will be the "something else". We're just a way to make some cash so they can go it on their own.

 

[johnpeace]

Expensive way to make some cash, but maybe so.