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--(Rumorcontrol.com-Manassas, VA)--Colgan Kremlin Officially announces Colgan is now CASS...Also more Saabs coming
CASS-Colgan is now officially on CASS...Didn't you read the memos? There are still a few technical glitches but they should be fixed within the next week or 2. FYI, CASS is working great with USAirways. Be sure to bring your passport with you when ya JS. If anyone has any problems or successes with CASS, post it here so the rest of us will know.
More Saabs....3 are here (1 in HEF, 1 in BNA at Embraer, and 1 in IAH)
and are going thru Ops Specs/Conformity checks. They are slated to be on line when these checks are done soon. All 3 Saabs are straight B's and came from Mesaba/Pinnacle or the bank that owns them and will have 33 seats. The Freon A/C units are being yanked out to save on weight and other restrictions (Freon AC permits from EPA). All 3 new Saabs will be painted in Captain America colors. 2 will replace the remaining A's (35SZ and 121) with 1 as an operational spare.
This bank also has 7 more B model Saabs from Mesaba/Pinnacle and Colgan is seriously looking at closing the deal on obtaining those 7.
F.O. Pay...Sticky subject but no new news....The usual we're looking at it response.
New Hires/Upgrades....Hooray!!! With all these new birds coming upgrades will be fast in the coming months with no Street Captains to be hired. New hire F.O.s will continue in both planes. 10-12/month.
New Cities?...With Regions Air messing up things for PKB, CKB, MGW, Colgan has been contacted by these Airports and the DOT about possibly coming in with Saabs to run those cities. First though, THE DOT must put out a new Emergency RE-BID for those cities which anyone can bid on. Regions Air was mentioned that they would like to have a buyer but Colgan isn't interested. If Colgan gets these cities, they will either go to CLE (Continental) or IAD (United).
USAirways wants Colgan to look at some new routes starting in the Spring. Those new routes TBA early next year. Any speculation?
That's all from rumor control...anybody got anything to add?
CASS-Colgan is now officially on CASS...Didn't you read the memos? There are still a few technical glitches but they should be fixed within the next week or 2. FYI, CASS is working great with USAirways. Be sure to bring your passport with you when ya JS. If anyone has any problems or successes with CASS, post it here so the rest of us will know.
More Saabs....3 are here (1 in HEF, 1 in BNA at Embraer, and 1 in IAH)
and are going thru Ops Specs/Conformity checks. They are slated to be on line when these checks are done soon. All 3 Saabs are straight B's and came from Mesaba/Pinnacle or the bank that owns them and will have 33 seats. The Freon A/C units are being yanked out to save on weight and other restrictions (Freon AC permits from EPA). All 3 new Saabs will be painted in Captain America colors. 2 will replace the remaining A's (35SZ and 121) with 1 as an operational spare.
This bank also has 7 more B model Saabs from Mesaba/Pinnacle and Colgan is seriously looking at closing the deal on obtaining those 7.
F.O. Pay...Sticky subject but no new news....The usual we're looking at it response.
New Hires/Upgrades....Hooray!!! With all these new birds coming upgrades will be fast in the coming months with no Street Captains to be hired. New hire F.O.s will continue in both planes. 10-12/month.
New Cities?...With Regions Air messing up things for PKB, CKB, MGW, Colgan has been contacted by these Airports and the DOT about possibly coming in with Saabs to run those cities. First though, THE DOT must put out a new Emergency RE-BID for those cities which anyone can bid on. Regions Air was mentioned that they would like to have a buyer but Colgan isn't interested. If Colgan gets these cities, they will either go to CLE (Continental) or IAD (United).
USAirways wants Colgan to look at some new routes starting in the Spring. Those new routes TBA early next year. Any speculation?
That's all from rumor control...anybody got anything to add?
