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EZ had a certain amount of time to get the program up and running. They dropped the ball. Sad to hear...i have a lot of friends there calling me for job info! Take that for what its worth...i really dont care.
 
Dart,

I was just posting a link to the Evergreen homepage. You would think if they lost the program, they would have updated the page.

But...I don't doubt that EZ lost the contract. Dell has done this to almost any descent contract he has ever obtained. I will call a few of my zoner buds and find out for sure.

I remember this post a few months back: http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=59629

...when Dart was so young and full of hope for Evergreen. Just cuttin' his teeth flyin' the big jets....talking about "the NEW Evergreen." It looks like you got out of the freight dog world and moved on to fly the bug smashers. I tried to tell you back then....never trust Dell.

It's like the old Evergreen motto: "If it seems to good to be true, check your mailbox for the furlough letter."

Hopefully this rumor isn't true, because if it is, I am sure Dell will begin a massive furlough like he always does. Crazy old bat.

I remember a few years back when Evergreen won this huge Brazillian contract. They were gearing up to hire, buy planes, etc. Then the day they were to start the operation (after delaying it for months), they even had flight crews commercial down to Brazil for the return flight....Dell cancelled the whole thing and pulled out. He screwed over Quantas years ago also. All he cares about is AMC.

Good luck Zoners. You guys are an awesome group.
 
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that is very true!! You worn me...but it wasnt the company that got me out. It was the divorce!
 
I lost track of how many contracts they lost when I was here because they wouldn't fork over any cash to get ready for future work. They seem to think they need to make the money before they put any into new plans. Too bad, hopefully this doesn't kick of another furlough wave.
 
We have not lost the LCF contract. I was just talking to the PM today and training starts in Aug for the ground ops staff. About 3 months ago someone told me the the tanker program was dead and that Smith fired everyone involved with it. The very next day the plane landed in MZJ and now they are doing the demo flights, so much for the program being dead. Alot of people did not want us to get the LCF and now that we got it they want us to fail. Boeing has to get the plane up and running first before we can get our hands on it for a Jan 1st flight. We are moving along getting check airmen in place to do the training for the pilots and Boeing is going to be doing the training for the MX and LM staff. In 16 years I have seen alot of things come and go but this is here to stay.. I also think DART was the guy that said the Tanker had 118000 hours and that the program was dead also...
 
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I didn't think it was dead, I spoke with a few of my Zoner buds today and none had heard that. Just flame from Dart. ;0
 
Never said anything about the tanker. I have no idea what your talkin about there! As far as the LCF...The only person to take the ride on the 400 failed three times! How can you get training up and running if the D.O. cant even pass the ride.....than again this is all second hand info. I hope this is all false for all my buddies at the ZONE. Plus I hear the mngmt is trying to stick it to the contract talks...good luck guys

Fly safe guys and take care.
 
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Originally Posted by moving2vegas
Sorry but the 74 stuipidtanker, oops... supertaker is already a flop. The feds barely have the budget to keep seats and the existing contract planes flying. Good luck coming up with 20,000$/hr and 50 grand a day in availabliity. You will never.....never see a fleet of 74 tankers dropping mud on fires.


I agree...the tanker has something like 118,000 hours on it! It is already back to cargo ops......and lots of DMI's

I was just looking back to the past.. Sorry! The D.O was not in the sim someone else was and I guess he did not do well. But they have someone else already going through the training and they have a few more guys waiting to step in. We will not even have a jet till Jan maybe so I think we have some time. In the mean time we have added 3 GE powered -200 and it looks like there are maybe 6 more on the way. Then I hope we will start getting rid of some of the 100000+ hour -100's. For now things look great and we are still looking for people for now.
 
Zoneload said:
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Originally Posted by moving2vegas
Sorry but the 74 stuipidtanker, oops... supertaker is already a flop. The feds barely have the budget to keep seats and the existing contract planes flying. Good luck coming up with 20,000$/hr and 50 grand a day in availabliity. You will never.....never see a fleet of 74 tankers dropping mud on fires.


I agree...the tanker has something like 118,000 hours on it! It is already back to cargo ops......and lots of DMI's
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It is still on the demo tour and in tanker configuration.
 
Where did the LCF's go?

So if EZ lost the LCF contract. Who did Boeing award ithe contract to in its place? Or is it up for a rebid?
 
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The Tanker is still on the demo tour but I don't know where it is now. Things seem to be doing well with it so we will see what happens next. We still have the LCF we don't get the first plane till Jan so we have a while. If we lost it then I think Cargo Lux would pick it up. I THINK....
 
Zoneload said:
The Tanker is still on the demo tour but I don't know where it is now. Things seem to be doing well with it so we will see what happens next. We still have the LCF we don't get the first plane till Jan so we have a while. If we lost it then I think Cargo Lux would pick it up. I THINK....
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MZJ til Tuesday, Then BOI and San Bernadino.
 
So did or didn't EZ loose the LCF? Could an EZ guy post proof either way?
 
EZ did not lose the LCF contract. First flight by Boeing has been delayed for at least a month, because the a/c was supposed to be finished by June. It is still in Taiwan being modified. Then Boeing pilots get it for a few months for test flights. EZ has been told to expect the first a/c in Nov. or Dec. now.

Dart was just spreading flame bait. He is an ex EZ pilot, who rumor has it was not allowed back at the company.
 

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