Gulfstream Intl is getting Saabs!

[DoinTime]

Pinnacle operated straight B's. B+ has 34 seats, B has 33, and A has 30

You don't know your history or your aircraft.

 

[IslandDriver]

I do not know when CJC was PFT...I know they have not been since 2002.

 

[Seahawker01]

Pay for training was quite common in the industry during the '90s. Even express jet did it and most other "reputable" airlines. But that was then and this is the 21st century. And gulf stream is still living in the "glory days" when brazila's were dropping out of the skys, saabs were new, and scabs went into the thousands.

 

[SEVEN]

You don't know your history or your aircraft.

I flew the A's with 30 seats, the old Express POS B minuses which had 33 seats, and the current XJ B Plus model which has 34 seats. How many models have you flown? Don't forget, Mesaba operated the largest Saab fleet in the world for a time. When I started in 2005, we were operating all 3 models. I think I know the plane a little better than you think. I can draw an HMU in my sleep...how about you?

 

[DoinTime]

I flew the A's with 30 seats, the old Express POS B minuses which had 33 seats, and the current XJ B Plus model which has 34 seats. How many models have you flown? Don't forget, Mesaba operated the largest Saab fleet in the world for a time. When I started in 2005, we were operating all 3 models. I think I know the plane a little better than you think. I can draw an HMU in my sleep...how about you?

You flew Mesaba Saabs. Like any other aircraft, they can be configured differently depending on the operators choices. In addition to a common interior configuartion of 33 seats, Pinnacle Saabs (both As and Bs) had the lav in the back, behind row 11. Does that surprise you?

I'm sure you know every last Mesaba tailed Saab like the back of your hand but its a big world out there and different airlines do things different ways.

Research may not be your thing but take a look at this:
http://www.saabaircraftleasing.com/prod/dataSheets/340Brochure.pdf

 

[SEVEN]

You flew Mesaba Saabs. Like any other aircraft, they can be configured differently depending on the operators choices. In addition to a common interior configuartion of 33 seats, Pinnacle Saabs (both As and Bs) had the lav in the back, behind row 11. Does that surprise you?

I'm sure you know every last Mesaba tailed Saab like the back of your hand but its a big world out there and different airlines do things different ways.

Research may not be your thing but take a look at this:
http://www.saabaircraftleasing.com/prod/dataSheets/340Brochure.pdf

A model only has 10 rows. And yes, I know the lavs are in the back.

 

[DoinTime]

A model only has 10 rows. And yes, I know the lavs are in the back.

They had 11 rows at Pinnacle (and Colgan). All of the models have the same length hull.

 

[SEVEN]

They had 11 rows at Pinnacle (and Colgan). All of the models have the same length hull.

I may be wrong, but I believe the A models are smaller/shorter than the B's. I know the Takeoff weight is 1000 lbs less.

 

[Twisted Mind]

Didn't some Saabs have a backwards facing passanger seat also?

 

[v1valarob]

Didn't some Saabs have a backwards facing passanger seat also?

Colgan Saabs with an aft lav have a backward facing seat, row 1.

 

[DoinTime]

I may be wrong, but I believe the A models are smaller/shorter than the B's. I know the Takeoff weight is 1000 lbs less.

You are wrong. A models are the same length as the B and B+ models.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Wouldn't surprise me one bit. Colgan's BOS routes that are EAS must be replaced by another carrier. Gulfstream is a prime candidate.

If the tax payers aren't going to pay for that route, the next likely candidate must be the FO.

 

[On Your Six]

If the tax payers aren't going to pay for that route, the next likely candidate must be the FO.

That may be your only chance to salvage your sinking career thanks to staying at ASA. After paying and spending 2 years in the right seat of the Saab, maybe you'll be able to pass the type ride there, and then straight to your own dream job, USair. Good luck!


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[Freebrd]

OysYoYo JennyLeigh what a putz!

 

[BuckMurdock1]

I'm glad this thread reumed the gulfstream-bashing direction it was intended.. those guys arguing back and forth about the length and capacity of some turboprop that was outdated like 15 yrs ago was getting old. WHO CARES?!?! You sound like old men at the barber shop.

With regard to them resuming an "F/O Program", the market simply doesn't support it. Simple supply and demand. Not enough suckers around anymore who want to try to fly airplanes for a living..and the ones that do are at least informed enough to know that soon regionals will be hiring VERY low timers (as in no prior turbine time) into jets..or if the 1500hr/ATP requirement for F/Os really comes to pass, these companies will have to run their own time-building factories that THEY pay for.
I'd say the regionals are going to have some serious staffing problems in the next few yrs.

..And frankly if a company like Gulfstream can't manage to stay out of bankrupcy without F/Os paying to fly there...I guess that is their fate.

 

[On Your Six]

OysYoYo JennyLeigh what a putz!

You too Freeturd, maybe you can finally return from Da Nang and fly FO on a Saab. But, you may be the ONLY guy they charge $55K to yank gear. Why? Because they would have to pay your future Saab Captains extra just to listen to your stupid "me so horny" stories about you and your "friend" Trahn, a so-called female with an Adam's apple. Welcome home putz!


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[Freebrd]

You do realize your GL/Oys posts are identical now, even more than before, you're getting lazy you putz