ATTN: Commutair Pilots

[CA1900]

Surely you must be joking. Continental is bent on only hiring guys who are in their mid-twenties with no PIC experience...

What do you mean? They hired our CLE Assistant Chief Pilot! Oh, wait, you're right...

more importantly, I'm completely out of the loop WTF is going on that is so bad at commutair? Just curious...proudly fleww the mighty 1900 2 years ago...

Still a fun airplane, and they're still maintained well.

However, we're down to 14 airplanes now, closed more domiciles, we just lost half a dozen people to Colgan air in the past month, and many others to other regionals. Folks are jumping ship fast because they really think we're going to be out of business in a matter of weeks.

Management is gambling on being able to put together a deal to get larger airplanes to replace the Beeches. If it works, I think we'll survive. If it doesn't, I think we're all in deep trouble. A recent memo from the CEO seems encouraging. But remember, we've been "buying bigger airplanes" now for fifteen years. So I have more than a little skepticism here.


Everyone I know of is job-hunting to be safe, myself included. I'm crossing my fingers hoping things will pull through; I hate to see more folks on the street.