Furoughs at Midwest

[b82rez]

Furloughs at Midwest

Midwest met with the MEC today to discuss impending furloughs.

The numbers will be announced as early as friday. They did not provide an estimate of how many it could be.

 

[Shrek]

Sorry to hear that........good luck to all the Midwest folks.

 

[meigwo]

So glad we kept evil AirTran outa' here!

Midwest met with the MEC today to discuss impending furloughs.

The numbers will be announced as early as friday. They did not provide an estimate of how many it could be.

 

[GOULET!]

Don't think this is unexpected by anybody at Midwest. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that the number is low.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

So glad we kept evil AirTran outa' here!

I thought Timmy had a plan????????????????????????? Oh ya let's sell the hedges we have!!!

 

[FlyWolf]

TH made his 10 Mil, he doesn't care.

 

[1800 RVR]

Having been a two-time Midwest furloughee, I feel for you folks. Sounds like TH and his gang of cronies is doing it again. Run away and never look back... Sorry to those that may be affected.

 

[GOULET!]

I find it hard to believe they will furlough 100 pilots. That is around 1/3 of the list. How many airplanes would they have to park if they drop 100 pilots? My guess is no more than 50 on furlough...hope its less than that though to my Midwest brothers.

 

[FlyWolf]

thanks Goulet, I know you are no stranger to this management crap, I hope you are right though and the number of furlough will be low, we will know as soon as Friday.

All the best.

 

[WRENCH]

Sorry Guys. First it was "SKYWAYED" and now it's "MIDWESTED." Good luck to all, I wish you nothing but the best.

 

[ultrarunner]

Don't think this is unexpected by anybody at Midwest. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that the number is low.

A low number wouldn't make sense, would it?

MidEx runs 10 bodies per plane, on average between the two fleets. Not sure how it breaks down between fleets. But you could look at the loaded schedules and see the amount of hours cut and determine how many planes will get parked, etc...and come up with a number.

I can't imagine they would park any 717's...but you never know. I guess I wouldn't be surprised to see them park 10 of the 80's. But if you did that, and only operated 5, I don't think you'd have the revenue to justify the training costs for such a small fleet.

I'm guessing parking all the 80's, giving up that flying to 'you know who', and keeping the 717's for the short-haul stuff.

Uhhhggg.....

 

[Taildragon]

A low number wouldn't make sense, would it?

MidEx runs 10 bodies per plane, on average between the two fleets. Not sure how it breaks down between fleets. But you could look at the loaded schedules and see the amount of hours cut and determine how many planes will get parked, etc...and come up with a number.

I can't imagine they would park any 717's...but you never know. I guess I wouldn't be surprised to see them park 10 of the 80's. But if you did that, and only operated 5, I don't think you'd have the revenue to justify the training costs for such a small fleet.

I'm guessing parking all the 80's, giving up that flying to 'you know who', and keeping the 717's for the short-haul stuff.

Uhhhggg.....

We don't do things that make sense. It will be a relatively low number I believe. (read hope)

 

[eightdriver]

This just in.... 35 furloughs and 22 downgrades. They must be parking something. Let the good times roll... 8

 

[ultrarunner]

Man, this sucks....some folks are looking at their third furlough in 7 years....

 

[IdRtherBsailing]

I heard that they are parking 717's because they can't change the seats out fast enough if that makes sense.

 

[ultrarunner]

Naaaa....you don't furlough while you're waiting to swap out seats.

Whats the economic break-even for a furlough? 18 months?

 

[eightdriver]

Man, this sucks....some folks are looking at their third furlough in 7 years....

Nobody that was furloughed back in 2001 and 2003 is getting let go... These are new hires, this time round. 8

 

[FlyWolf]

Very sad news indeed, so much for saving us from Airtran.

 

[CitationLover]

Very sad news indeed, so much for saving us from Airtran.

well in LGA we determined HSBC stands for Hoeksema Sucks Big C#$%.

 

[FlyWolf]

going to the meeting tomorrow citation