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FreightGod

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Rumor says Focus Air have a few financial problems.

Some of the investors are getting cold feet and pulling out?
The 4th airplane is cancelled?

Anybody?
 
FreightGod said:
Rumor says Focus Air have a few financial problems.

Some of the investors are getting cold feet and pulling out?
The 4th airplane is cancelled?

Anybody?
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I thought Focus was in the running to buy Polar? Killed that rumor.
 
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I hear that Focus is going to declare BK ver soon.
 
I hear that Focus is going to declare BK ver soon.
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That is what I heard too, yet they keep new hire training going.
Talked to a guy last night, who is doing day 3 of the sim in MIA:
He have not heard of any financial problems or near BK.

If a company can't pay bills, the first thing the pull the plug on is training.
 
Talked to 2 fellow pilots over at Focus and they both said the same:

No truth to the rumors about BK and cancelled deliveries.
The fourth jet is on the way, but delayed due to problems found in a heavy-check.

Training is humming along, all is well.
 
I am hearing that Focus is doing just fine. I know about seven pilots over there.

Of course as pilots, we are the last to know anything.... ')
 
With the 747 program over at Tradewinds apparently in tatters and furloughing, Focus, Connie Kallita, et al, are likely to have no problem recruiting qualified 747 FOs and FEs.
 
Our DO just jumpseated to Bogota with us the other night and said that Focus was in deed in Ch 11. Don't know if it is true or not, but a bunch of our FEs and loadmasters have jumped ship to Focus in the last 6 months. I don't have any reason to believe our DO would lie, but who knows...would like to know the acutal status of Focus. They started with a lot of money but they also had their planes sitting around for close to a year which had to hurt them. Ch 11 would be bad for them because it would hurt their credit for fuel, etc.
 
The info from your DO is not true. Easy enough to look up on the internet chapter 11 filings. None exist for Focus or their holding comapny. As to quote an earlier post..."fear of competition". Interesting.
 
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Bdfg1 said:
Not possible. Focus cannot offer jumpseat at the present time. So the info from your DO is not true.
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Sorry if I confused you, I do not work at Focus and or DO does not either.
 
kevdog said:
Our DO just jumpseated to Bogota with us the other night and said that Focus was in deed in Ch 11. Don't know if it is true or not, but a bunch of our FEs and loadmasters have jumped ship to Focus in the last 6 months. I don't have any reason to believe our DO would lie, but who knows...would like to know the acutal status of Focus. They started with a lot of money but they also had their planes sitting around for close to a year which had to hurt them. Ch 11 would be bad for them because it would hurt their credit for fuel, etc.
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Sounds like urban legend to me. According to all my friends that work there, it is a workers paradise. Plus they (Focus) now own a years worth of 747 Sim periods (the good day-time ones) paid up-front at downtown Miami Springs. New laptops for crews. Cool wings and epaulets. Top notch pay (for an ACMI). I'm sorry I didn't jump ship for them. But, you znooze, you looze. ZZZZZZZZZZZ.
 
heilhaavir said:
You work for CAC Kevdog?
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Yep, I do.

I hope things are ok at Focus.
 
heilhaavir said:
How are things over there (CAC)? I left in 02...
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furlough took place for about 30 people on the first of the year, now mostly everyone is recalled. it's going ok, but who knows what the future brings.
 
I heard from a former Centurian crewmember that his former DO was spreading the rumor of Focus' demise to stem the tide of crewmembers trying to leaving that place. It appears that Focus is ok, and the investers are happy with the progress of the airline to this point and more airplanes are coming. GO FOCUS!!!.

PS
Dont hate the player hate the game!
 
Anybody have payscales and work rules for Focus? Nothing on Airline Pilot Central.
 
Hocus Focus said:
I heard from a former Centurian crewmember that his former DO was spreading the rumor of Focus' demise to stem the tide of crewmembers trying to leaving that place. It appears that Focus is ok, and the investers are happy with the progress of the airline to this point and more airplanes are coming. GO FOCUS!!!.

PS
Dont hate the player hate the game!
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I heard from a former Centurion CP that also used to be a former Centurion DO that all the former Centurion crewmembers that wanted to goto Focus are already there. All the other non-former Centurion crewmembers enjoy the QOL of being home 20+ days a month instead of the other way around.

There are many people at Centurion that have 747 experience and most of them like being home for once in their life.
:)

Like I said earlier, I hope Focus does well.
 
Hocus Focus said:
I heard from a former Centurian crewmember that his former DO was spreading the rumor of Focus' demise to stem the tide of crewmembers trying to leaving that place. It appears that Focus is ok, and the investers are happy with the progress of the airline to this point and more airplanes are coming. GO FOCUS!!!.

PS
Dont hate the player hate the game!
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Hey, I heard the former DT at Centurion was an a-hole.
 
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Top notch pay (for an ACMI).
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Focus top notch pay?

Hardly.

They somewhere in the medium-rare category: Captains @ $98.00 per hour, but some screwy 2 month guarantee and scheduled flight pay only, with no block.

Heard the details a while ago and I did not jump.

Not saying it could not be a first class ops in the future however, but for right now the compensation package is a bit "Ho-Hum".
 
I applied at Evergreen with a referal last year but I guess I didn't have what they wanted. I get the impression they really want more like 5000, but I don't know the times of those who were hired.

Centurion sounds like a good place, are they hiring?

Anybody know who the 747 company is that Aeroservice is hiring for?
 
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Anybody know who the 747 company is that Aeroservice is hiring for?
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It's probably either Southern or Tradewinds. I heard peeps are leaving tradewinds in droves right now.

SnF

PS: Aeroservice is not "hiring" for anyone, they're selling T/Rs...
 
Capt1124 said:
I applied at Evergreen with a referal last year but I guess I didn't have what they wanted. I get the impression they really want more like 5000, but I don't know the times of those who were hired.

Centurion sounds like a good place, are they hiring?

Anybody know who the 747 company is that Aeroservice is hiring for?
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Was for Southern Air, Aeroservice called me. I said I wasn't interested so I did not get the rating spiel.
 
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