FLYi's business plan is falling apart (unfortunately)

[CaptBud330]

Great little airline

I flew IFly from TYS to IAD. The flight was flawless and the service was better then I have seen in quite a while. The safety announcements were very funny. Quite a welcome change in airline service. I hope they make it.

 

[On Your Six]

I flew IFly from TYS to IAD. The flight was flawless and the service was better then I have seen in quite a while. The safety announcements were very funny. Quite a welcome change in airline service. I hope they make it.

Service is great, but at the end of the day, a CRJ is a CRJ and most passengers would prefer something bigger... They better bring on the Airbuses as fast as they can to bring their average CASM down quick - plus, they better hope for a mild winter that won't interrupt their high-frequency operation too much...

 

[SloDoDriver]

I flew IFly from TYS to IAD. The flight was flawless and the service was better then I have seen in quite a while. The safety announcements were very funny. Quite a welcome change in airline service. I hope they make it.

Capt.....I am sure we appreciate the complement. There seems to be a vicious group out there that just loves to predict the demise of airlines. I personally have felt pain every time an airline has disappeared. My father was Pan Am, I have many US Air friends and UAL friends. I wish NO ONE had to go through the process. I never would have believed that DAL could be in jeopardy of BK!
I am looking at my second furlough at my second airline. I knew it could happen when I went into this business. There are many good people at Indy.
Indy made a mistake starting service with 87 CRJs....They where too nice and didn't do the furloughs that will be required to stay solvent and park half of the RJs. My furlough next year is a necessary evil. They will probably go deeper. Putting all our eggs in Dulles is another problem......Luckily the WX is always good there.....LOL

 

[GogglesPisano]

Capt.....I am sure we appreciate the complement. There seems to be a vicious group out there that just loves to predict the demise of airlines. I personally have felt pain every time an airline has disappeared. My father was Pan Am, I have many US Air friends and UAL friends. I wish NO ONE had to go through the process.

You mean vicious guys like this?

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=42766

 

[bssthound]

Just wanted to point out that's a beagle starring in GooglePisano's avatar and not a basset hound!!!!

 

[GogglesPisano]

Just wanted to point out that's a beagle starring in GooglePisano's avatar and not a basset hound!!!!

LOL.

No, but the racoon told me he has an MBA. The dog has an ATP.

 

[Rogue5]

No, but the racoon told me he has an MBA. The dog has an ATP.

Now that was funny...

 

[WhiteCloud]

LOL.

No, but the racoon told me he has an MBA. The dog has an ATP.

ROTFLMAO! Thanks dude! You made me spit up my coffe all over the lap top! I needed a new computer anyway.

 

[iguanamanjr]

Has anyone heard anything about ACA actually selling several of the planes they put up for sale a month or two ago?

Thanks -

 

[vc10]

Four are now at Skywest, one is apparently already in operation there. FLYI put the original seats back into the aircraft.

Has anyone heard anything about ACA actually selling several of the planes they put up for sale a month or two ago?

Thanks -

 

[iguanamanjr]

Thanks - figures that Skywest would pick those planes up - I guess FLYI didn't realy need 87 CRJs... do you know how much Skywest might have paid for those kinds of aircraft? I wonder if the sale will be a big help in FLYI avoiding bankruptcy.

 

[flyfastinmy10]

I sometimes commute on Independance and have found the empolyees to be great. Nice clean a/c great attitude and good schedules. I hope it works out for them.
Good luck to you guys and Thanks for the rides

 

[Peleton]

My guess

Sometime soon, maybe this week, you will hear about a grand shift in plans for us at FLYI. Looks like that maybe 20 CRJs, in addition to the 4 already gone, will be leaving the property. The original plan called for 56 RJ's and 33 319's. (We were dealt with 87 RJ's and had to try to find demand for them) You will see several cities being shutdown, in addition to LAN and DAY. Reduced frequency to some markets and increased frequency to others will be announced shortly afterword. We do REALLY well heading south and GREAT in the USAir hubs. That demand is helping to direct a new plan.

Now I also hear that we will be getting back the 5 319's in 2005 and also picking up 5 more leased birds in 2005. The sale of the RJ's will address our liquity problem in the short term and increase our load factor up to around 70% at current levels if you elminate the bad cities. The increase in 319's will allow expansion to not only FL destinations, which are oversaturated anyway, but allow expansion to the West of the Mississippi.

A new marketing team is already making the rounds to the outstations, a first for FLYi and trying to adddress marketing deficiencies, which we have alot of.

Now the bad part, we will be looking at around 250-300 layoffs of pilots, in addition to the ones already announced, getting us down to around the 1000 pilot mark. This number may not be totally accurate as we are losing 5-10 a month due to retirement and attrition, and you also have to factor in a training bubble along with managment pilots, ect...

Disclaimor- Just my speculation and info I have acquired from several sources

 

[I.P. Freley]

Whereabouts is the 1000th pilot in terms of DOH?

 

[46Driver]

Whereabouts is the 1000th pilot in terms of DOH?

Somewhere around February, 2001.

 

[I.P. Freley]

Somewhere around February, 2001.

Eeeek... That knocks off another three people I know, in addition to the one I already know who's furloughed.



I haven't talked to any of them in a dog's age, but perhaps I should start burning some minutes on the old cellie...

 

[Bako Cap]

Just flew 709BR today. Good clean aircraft. You folks took real good care of it. I hope the infusion of cash helps you guys keep flying. Good luck.