Mesaba SLC what cities?

[WMUSIGPI]

The SLC aircraft Mesaba will operate will backfill SkyWest in SLC, while SkyWest will backfill ASA until ASA's 90's are up and going in April '09.

Trojan

Not saying you are wrong.... But WOW that makes SOOOO much sense. (extreme sarcasm)

 

[amcnd]

OO as a increase of ATL flying in Feb.

 

[Erlanger]

That sure makes sense now, since Jerry's pathetic excuse for closing ASA in SLC was that "it didn't make sense to have both airlines based in the same place." Now with ASA getting 900's OO should be seen even less in ATL.

Even though Jerry wants to see ASA thrive, the Skywest side of the "Inc." is and always will be Jerry's baby.

 

[Metro752]

any truth to the rumor Mesaba is overstaffed now, including guys in class, by about 80-100 pilots?

Furloughs?

 

[USCtrojan]

Even though Jerry wants to see ASA thrive, the Skywest side of the "Inc." is and always will be Jerry's baby.

ASA's success determines SkyWest's survival and thrivability. It's all his baby now.

Trojan

 

[flyboyzz1]

Yup Mesaba is only Temp in SLC

 

[WMUSIGPI]

any truth to the rumor Mesaba is overstaffed now, including guys in class, by about 80-100 pilots?

Furloughs?

Word I heard from someone in upgrade right now is overstaffed 50 on the Jets and 70 on the Saabs. Short term, no furloughs waiting to see if anything else pans out. If nothing does then furloughs are likely. No hiring for the forseeable future.

 

[xjhawk]

maybe XJ will get the 35 options that Delta has with Bombarier? Who knows who will get those. But why else spend millions on all of XJ's ground training equipment , unless they will use it all for just recurrent and RFT's? Unlikely.

 

[xjgearbtch]

Investment on our part means nothing to Delta. It's a drop in the bucket for them. We'll see what happens, but in my opinion, it's a wake up call to us all. They can take our planes away at anytime. The regionals will never be a career until the majors swallow their ego and get the senority lists merged.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Investment on our part means nothing to Delta. It's a drop in the bucket for them. We'll see what happens, but in my opinion, it's a wake up call to us all. They can take our planes away at anytime. The regionals will never be a career until the majors swallow their ego and get the senority lists merged.

Bingo, now how do we all work together instead of against each other to do that?

 

[701EV]

I don't know if any one has seen this. ASA has flying out of DTW in January.

701EV

 

[WMUSIGPI]

That's nothing new, I used to commute to DTW from CVG and took ASA a few times, along with Comair, Shuttle America, and more recently on a visit back there, Chautauqua.

 

[CptMurf]

Everyone I have ever talked to in MGMT. and Training, has said that they never expected the 15 900's in the first place. I totally took us by surprise and threw us into total panic mode.

They were and are working towards future aircraft deliveries. Chill on the doom and gloom, we are slightly overstaffed now, but this is the slow time of the year anyway. Wait and see is the best coarse right now. The flying will pick up soon for the summer flying. And there are definately more changes coming.

 

[701EV]

That's nothing new, I used to commute to DTW from CVG and took ASA a few times, along with Comair, Shuttle America, and more recently on a visit back there, Chautauqua.

Yes it is new. What you are talking about is DTW to a hub city.(ATL, CVG, or JFK) This flying from DTW to a non hub city. It's somewhere in PA. I can't remmber the cities. The F/A's I flew with today showed to me in their pairings.

701EV

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Ok then may I be the first to say "enjoy sitting around for ramp and gate agents for extended periods of time" Yes I know ATL can be just as bad but you don't get to sit there with snow blowing in the door while waiting....

 

[CptMurf]

Ok then may I be the first to say "enjoy sitting around for ramp and gate agents for extended periods of time" Yes I know ATL can be just as bad but you don't get to sit there with snow blowing in the door while waiting....

You open the door before you have a gate agent?

 

[WMUSIGPI]

You open the door before you have a gate agent?

No I won't and I think the rampies have finally figured it out that they can beat on my door all day long and it's not going to open if I don't see a gate agent.... But I have been a DH on other flights earler on in the program where apparantly the captain didn't brief the FA's and the FA's just popped the door with a knock. Then there we sit for 10 minutes.
My one annoying time was when there was an agent but the bridge wouldn't move so we sat there shivering for about 15 minutes before airport maintenance could get the thing to move. had I known it wouldn't move I'd have left the door closed but that's what we get flying around an oversized bizjet instead of an airliner....

 

[701EV]

WMUSIGPI

Your right it sucks to wait for a gate in ATL. It will suck more to wait in DTW in a snow storm.

701EV

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Yup the good thing about DTW is I don't commute anymore. The bad thing about DTW is I probably won't be able to sell my house for about 20 years...