Kalitta Furlough

[MD11Drvr]

job security and aviation in the same sentence, now that is an oxymoron.

Where is the AMEN button when needed!!

 

[belchfire]

Metros would be cool.

Only during the winter...hotter than Hades in the summer though!

 

[ttuite]

From the company via the union. Ex Jade ERF in VCV online end July.

Heard it may have just fallen through.

 

[Guam360]

Heard it may have just fallen through.

source???

 

[embpic1]

Heard it may have just fallen through.

Huh. That would be interesting because I heard the plane has been at our MX base in Oscoda for at least a few weeks.

 

[unwashed]

Huh. That would be interesting because I heard the plane has been at our MX base in Oscoda for at least a few weeks.

N769CK former LH 400(M)

 

[GittinFatter]

ya'll are talking about two different airframes.

 

[Guam360]

Heard it may have just fallen through.

i guess we will know monday if they rescind that bid.

 

[Sky Jet]

Well, 1700 Monday came and went and not a peep from YIP either about the bid results or the airplane. I guess we wait. It's not like anyone could lose their job or seat anyway. (sarcasm lever full on)

 

[skypine69]

Bid gets announced on the 10th. Closes on the 9th.

 

[Sky Jet]

Bid canceled per Pete. I wonder if we are back to furloughs?

 

[OrionFE]

Bid canceled per Pete. I wonder if we are back to furloughs?

Doubt it. Connie is aggressively persuing airplanes, hopefully deal comes through soon.

 

[lionflyer]

Why would they announce a new 400 if it wasn't a done deal? Another moral kick in the nuts maybe? I know the old man was looking at 5 of them so who knows maybe a better deal is in the works.

 

[unwashed]

Doubt it. Connie is aggressively persuing airplanes, hopefully deal comes through soon.

Plenty of planes for sale and more coming on the market by the week. Downgraded two Captains and has 7, 7 FO's on furlough, sorry that makes zero sense if you are going to buy airplanes. That just pisses off the group and makes them less willing to help. I'm out!

 

[Victor Meldrew]

The word was that after doing an inspection it (ex Jade) was a POS that need millions spent to fix plus a heavy check and the sellers wouldn't budge on the price. Connie is looking and needs the 400's, we'll see.

 

[Classicdriver]

Atlas looked at the Jade planes last year and discovered that serial numbers did not match up on a lot of the parts. Documentation sucked. Imagine that?

 

[ttuite]

The word was that after doing an inspection it (ex Jade) was a POS that need millions spent to fix plus a heavy check and the sellers wouldn't budge on the price. Connie is looking and needs the 400's, we'll see.

That is only 1/2 of the problem. The other half is that GE is not going to finance an airplane that is not airworthy and would take several months to become airworthy. I think we dodged a bullet with this one.

 

[jetfueljunkey]

whassup

TTuite..how ya been? Hope things work out for all LAMA folks. Im trying to get on at a "Giant" carrier.. Hope your doing good

BR

 

[albatros101]

Any updates on the "new airplane"

 

[ttuite]

What new airplane?

 

[OrionFE]

Any updates on the "new airplane"

It fell through.

 

[Victor Meldrew]

It fell through.

More like it was a piece of junk from Jade and fell apart

 

[OrionFE]

More like it was a piece of junk from Jade and fell apart

Dont know what exact shape it was in, but management said that the finance company did not like the price and the old man would only pay cash for it if it was garunteed on contract for a couple of years.

 

[WYOMINGPILOT]

One of the old Jade 747s sits on an obscure ramp in Shenzhen and hasn't moved in almost 2 years. It is being held hostage by the Chinese govt. for Jade's failure to repay their former employees and creditors. It is supposedly owned by a German banking group. There is no true bankruptcy in China, either you pay off your debts or your assets are squeezed by the Government if they had any ties to a bankrupt organization like Jade. Last I heard the debt for Jade exceeds the value of the airplane so until somebody coughs it won't move.

 

[Victor Meldrew]

Dont know what exact shape it was in, but management said that the finance company did not like the price and the old man would only pay cash for it if it was garunteed on contract for a couple of years.

The price was high, was full of corrosion plus half of the mintenance records were missing or incomplete. Also rumored that the creditors / banks wouldn't move on the price. There are some out there the old man just needs to get them at his price (and we could do with some).

 

[albatros101]

Any news on more 400's

 

[lionflyer]

Any news on more 400's

Negative Ghostrider!

 

[unwashed]

Any news on more 400's

Yes others a getting them and we are not.

 

[OrionFE]

Yes others a getting them and we are not.

Like who? And how come we are not? What do you know, inquiring minds would like to know?

 

[BayBum37ft]

The rumor around the crew room in CVG is that Kalitta got a contract for 4 more 747s for DHL.