JO and Usair/PSA

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Dear Fellow Pilots:

Today Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein said, "Without significant progress on cost reductions at USAIRWAYS it looks like things are going to get fairly difficult over there. Even with the recent round of concessions USAIRWAYS costs remain much higher than those of it’s primary competitors Southwest and JetBlue. The business has changed dramatically and USAIRWAYS must take the necessary steps to survive in an environment of low fares and low costs. I think it is important that we do everything we can to help USAIRWAYS return to long term financial viability and ask that you be supportive of their efforts to get back "on track." I will also tell you that the potential sale of assets is being closely studied by your management for any potential opportunities that may arise. We will keep you updated as the situation progresses. Have a great weekend and thanks again for all the hard work over the holidays. We greatly appreciate it.


Most sincerely,


Jonathan


Today US Airways CEO Dave Siegel said, "If there are some ways to improve our balance sheet, we must consider those options. If there are some strategic partnerships that would enhance our financial standing, we must consider those as well."


Sincerely,


Dave Siegel


Chip comments: Today US Airways announced it’s reducing the January 19 PSA pilot class and there will be no further pilot hiring until March, even though aircraft delivery’s are continuing. In addition, the pilot recruiting office reportedly told a pilot that "something must be going on". In my opinion, the entire "Wholly Owned" US Airways Express Division could be sold to Mesa Airlines for about $200 million and then US Airways and Mesa will code share the regional flying.

Respectfully,


Chip

 

[skeezer]

Today US Airways announced it’s reducing the January 19 PSA pilot class and there will be no further pilot hiring until March, even though aircraft delivery’s are continuing. In addition, the pilot recruiting office reportedly told a pilot that "something must be going on".

Nothing is going on other than the fact that there are way more J4J pilots trained on the CRJ than PSA pilots. That is the reason for no more J4J classes for a while.

The company is just balancing things out (50/50 ya know). Chip needs to get new sources

Peace

Skeezer

 

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FYI

Chip Munn used to post numberous messages on the AAA ALPA web board. He has pretty much been laughed at so much that he no longer posts there. He has pretty much taken over the US Airways bb on USAviation.com.....the people there are still gullible enough to listen to him.