Is on demand cargo dead?

[Gearmonkey]

Has it picked up any at all? Fewer companies to compete with these days will make it seem busier faster, when it picks back up that is.

Nope, rumor also has it Air Alliance "Twister" shut down yesterday. A couple less Falcons now.

 

[landlover]

Nope, rumor also has it Air Alliance "Twister" shut down yesterday. A couple less Falcons now.

heard they laid off, didn't shut down. any one care to set the record straight?

 

[Gearmonkey]

Well I know someone on here can give the official word since I heard it from him, but they did shut down completely a day after doing big layoffs.

 

[Way2Broke]

I think one of our mods worked their. Typical of on-demand... Hiring, upgrading, were out of business. I am feeling much better about some of my moves after I got laid off from USA Jet last year these days. I turned down a street Captain's position at Cherry air, and turned down the opportunity to be a Shorts Captain at Alliance.

 

[tathepilot]

Yap, AAC is no longer in operation, well kinda.. On 1MAY they laid all flight crews off except 2. The next day they laid the rest off. AAC will keep the a/c airworthy and wait a few months. (according to them)

 

[OzBushWhacker]

How can you pay the leases on the aircraft by having them sit?

 

[flyinloki]

Well, they are already "sitting" around anyway. So if they have leases then they are saving money by the letting the crews go so they can pay them. If they even have leases. Have no idea what their set-up is.

 

[pilotyip]

lease by hour

Well, they are already "sitting" around anyway. So if they have leases then they are saving money by the letting the crews go so they can pay them. If they even have leases. Have no idea what their set-up is.

I know some companies lease by the hour. Only pay when flying. This is common on engines, and is done on a few airframes. BTW so what I see here is Alliance is belly up?

 

[tathepilot]

The a/c are not leased.. outright owned. the owner of the operation owns a few other bigger companies so he has money.

 

[pilotyip]

So are they flying?

The a/c are not leased.. outright owned. the owner of the operation owns a few other bigger companies so he has money.

So does this mean they are still flying? If they are not flying, USA Jet better dig up a couple more DA-20's to cover all that flying

 

[dhawk41]

all what flying?

 

[tathepilot]

So does this mean they are still flying? If they are not flying, USA Jet better dig up a couple more DA-20's to cover all that flying

No flying. They gave some of us options to fly in 1-2 mos on contract basis, but no breather held here.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Air 1st (RUF) is also going in to hibernation mode, starting in July. Apparently we lost all the fed check runs, and charters aren't paying the bills. Two full time pilots to remain (DO and CP) and a part-timer to keep the certificate alive. Was a great place to work, wish them the best. To the pavement I go...

If this stuff is going to make a comeback, it'd better hurry...there won't be anyone left.

 

[cherry20's]

I'm telling yall, ITS DEAD!!! Gonna take years to recover at all. Get out if you can!

 

[cherry20's]

Someone should start a new thread with a new poll to see what everyone thinks now...

Good luck to everyone left in this messed up field

 

[pilotyip]

USA is putting pilot back on the payroll for the DA-20

 

[dbrault17]

USA is putting pilot back on the payroll for the DA-20

Pilot as in 1?

 

[landlover]

they missed the boat anyway, all that flying last week was because of the swine flu. its' over already.

 

[timeless]

Alliance is done. All flight operations have ceased and the planes are for sale. The Twister call sign is no more. They have some mx and two pilots on the payroll, but that is probably to just help wrap things up neatly.

 

[timeless]

Someone should start a new thread with a new poll to see what everyone thinks now...

Good luck to everyone left in this messed up field

Can I change my vote?

Good luck to all who are left. Down the road I'll have to check YIP or LRD on flight aware to see who's still going.