Jerry.... Brad... what ya got?

[Plainsman]

We did Wilmington for a couple of years.

 

[enuffalready]

Great! take away more mainline jobs at substandard wages!

I don't give a sh!t about mainline... mainline doesn't give a sh!t about me..

yes i know, they dictate everything, but i am concerned with my dinner table... not someones elses

 

[Medeco]

My thoughts now that Compass and Mesaba are sold.

Skywest Inc/ASA purchase 28 total aircraft of Comair's CR7/9

Delta parks 90 something 50 seaters

Delta closes the doors of Comair by the end of 2010 (I dont wish this to happen )

Skywest Inc. still is looking to take the assets of a Bankrupt Mesa and

gain flying with US Air.


Just a prediction, not a hope for anybody to lose a job.

Medeco

 

[Jetpig]

I think alot of people are taking ASAs new vision statement to literal. I mean, that is all it is, a vision statement. Does anyone remember ASAs last vision statement. Where was your passion for that one? I didn't hear anyone crying about not becoming the most "trusted an respected regional airline". You guys are making me laugh, you just keep trying to figure out where the "500" are coming from.

 

[Flybywire44]

Anything can happen at anytime. The market is volitile, lets wait and see what happens.

 

[CX880]

Do you guys have any idea how ridiculous you sound with this AS Vision stuff and where your 500 airplanes are? Did you try looking under your bed?

 

[enuffalready]

Do you guys have any idea how ridiculous you sound with this AS Vision stuff and where your 500 airplanes are? Did you try looking under your bed?

rediculous..what are you talking about....... there is a huge difference between saying we are going to be the "online airline" or '" we're going to strive for five" and "we are going to have 500 airplanes"

there is not a lot ambiguity in that last statement...

i don't know how any more literal a CEO can make a statement. he says our goal is to have 500 airplanes... now we (asa pilots) are being accused of taking that too literally?

my original point was that i hope there is something else cookin.. they could have just said we are looking at other opportunities, etc... but when you put something so grandiose as 500 airplanes...you better have something to back it up other than 4 horizon jets and an extension of 6 200's from delta.

 

[spudskier]

Do you guys have any idea how ridiculous you sound with this AS Vision stuff and where your 500 airplanes are? Did you try looking under your bed?

What's ridiculous and different from the last vision statement is that this one actually has a number on it... not a feel good, happy frappy term to live up to and make warm fuzzies everywhere -- these were hard numbers that someone in mgt or marketing came up with and was agreed upon by management...

put up or shut up (directed at mgt in the most respectful and professional way possible of course)

 

[crj567]

rediculous..what are you talking about....... there is a huge difference between saying we are going to be the "online airline" or '" we're going to strive for five" and "we are going to have 500 airplanes"

there is not a lot ambiquity in that last statement...

i don't know how any more literal a CEO can make a statement. he says our goal is to have 500 airplanes... now we (asa pilots) are being accused of taking that too literally?

My goal has always been to go Mach 23 with my hair on fire... I ain't got there yet, but hey-with enough vision and a positive attitude, who knows?

-That announcement was just a lame PR stunt-and attempt to get some good press. The board probably gets really tired of seeing lost-luggage stats and on-time performance numbers that suck. Do you think he really believes we will be the "most super-duper regional ever?" Nobody flies their own planes to all 50 states-not even any major.... That part was really dopey.

No-he just wanted to give people a reason to think the announcement was something to crow about.

-Just like my goal of trucking along at Mach 23 with flaming tresses. Probably won't happen, but Brad and I can announce anything we like.

 

[buscap]

Chuck Norris goes Mach 23 before breakfast every morning.

 

[JustaNumber]

Nobody flies their own planes to all 50 states-not even any major.... That part was really dopey.

When we flew to Wilmington, Delta was announcing that it was the only airline to offer service to all 50 states. Are you calling Delta dopey?

 

[crj567]

When we flew to Wilmington, Delta was announcing that it was the only airline to offer service to all 50 states. Are you calling Delta dopey?

There are airlines which contract out service to all 50 states. I do believe I am correct in my assertion that no airline flies (or has ever flown) their own airplanes to anything like all 50 states.


-Pipe dreams-and our guys are buying this stuff hook-line&sinker.

 

[Splert]

i never said he was not a smart guy.. .on the contrary...i think he is pretty darn smart...

I was saying... you cant come out...say 500 airplanes... 5000 pilots... then not back it up with something..

"Deal me an ace", "737 rates", Jerry hasn't backed up anything ever and you all are still waiting.

He is a good story teller and pilots are suckers for a good story.

 

[brokedash]

My thoughts now that Compass and Mesaba are sold.

Skywest Inc/ASA purchase 28 total aircraft of Comair's CR7/9

Delta parks 90 something 50 seaters

Delta closes the doors of Comair by the end of 2010 (I dont wish this to happen )

Skywest Inc. still is looking to take the assets of a Bankrupt Mesa and

gain flying with US Air.


Just a prediction, not a hope for anybody to lose a job.

Medeco

Won't comment on Comair, but it is possible that OO cuts a deal with Airways, buys the assets of Mesa they need (700/900). 700s could continue on with UA under the ASA banner and the 900s to OO to assume the old Mesa contract with USX.

Also possible, US buys Mesa, transfers the 700s to PSA and then leases the 900s to OO for USX. UA has to find someone else to cover the 20 700s.

 

[crj567]

Won't comment on Comair, but it is possible that OO cuts a deal with Airways, buys the assets of Mesa they need (700/900). 700s could continue on with UA under the ASA banner and the 900s to OO to assume the old Mesa contract with USX.

Also possible, US buys Mesa, transfers the 700s to PSA and then leases the 900s to OO for USX. UA has to find someone else to cover the 20 700s.

Do you think I need to put a little "Dapper Dan Pomade" in my hair when I'm going Mach 23? I wonder if it will make my voluminous tresses more or less likely to burn...

-I feel the need.

 

[BigPappa]

Do you guys have any idea how ridiculous you sound with this AS Vision stuff and where your 500 airplanes are? Did you try looking under your bed?

And in the mean time Skywest balance sheet looks healthier than most companies in general, not to mention most airlines. Skywest can pay their bills for a while with the liquid on hand. Most airlines would not have a way to pay their creditors after just one month. How is your company doing BTW? Oh, you can figure out on-line how to read the 10-Qs.

 

[hou757]

Why does Skywest need to do anything? Like stated above, things are going well for them...

 

[sniper]

Won't comment on Comair, but it is possible that OO cuts a deal with Airways, buys the assets of Mesa they need (700/900). 700s could continue on with UA under the ASA banner and the 900s to OO to assume the old Mesa contract with USX.

Also possible, US buys Mesa, transfers the 700s to PSA and then leases the 900s to OO for USX. UA has to find someone else to cover the 20 700s.

Does Mesa have a good scope language? we sure dont

 

[jeroom]

And in the mean time Skywest balance sheet looks healthier than most companies in general, not to mention most airlines. Skywest can pay their bills for a while with the liquid on hand. Most airlines would not have a way to pay their creditors after just one month. How is your company doing BTW? Oh, you can figure out on-line how to read the 10-Qs.

http://www.10kwizard.com/

 

[JumpersAway]

Who says they're sitting idly by. I promise you that a management team, capable of stashing so much cash, isn't just watching this happen without a plan. They probably knew this was coming a year ago, and they probably have a play in progress. However, just because it isn't happening now, doesn't mean it's not happening at all. I assure you stuff is going on behind the scenes, and it's probably already happened- just not been made public yet. Get ready, it's coming, and when it does, it's going to be big.

I'm still laughing at the people here that think the rebranding was a hollow statement. Talk about instant gratification- many want the "vision" and they want it NOW. Just sit tight, and let things roll. Control what you can control (the airplane), and let management control what they control (business models). I'd have to say that their track record speaks for itself. They're getting stuff done, and they're poised to be not just a survivor, but a heavyweight fighter. They didn't become the "darling" of the regional airline industry by being foolish and fallin off the turnip truck.

I will say that I was WAY off in my guess as to the future of Compass and Mesaba. However, this may not be done playing out yet. A hostile take over of the parent companies involved may be on the horizon. Nobody truly knows. I had it figured that we were going to snag bits of Mesaba once the Saabs were gone. I will say, however, that I still see more 900's from Mesa in the form of USAirways flying, if we secure assets and guard our intrests if USAirways were to liquidate; much the same as we set up with our United flying. I think we're poised to grow big time, and it isn't the cool aid that tells me this- it's common sense, and what I see............