Midway To Cease Operations

[JI Gone OH]

I have been told by an extremely reliable source that Midway is planning on parking their airplanes tonight, even though their court date is set for tommorrow. Anyone have anything to add to that?

 

[dispatchguy]

RGS/RDU/RJJI«
RGS RDU /RJJI/D
30OCT ROUTINGS AT RDU 30/0343Z
ARV-FLT TIME ACF TE MTC DPT-FLT TIME TRM CTG O/T RMKS
RJJI 5136/30 CXL 0655 LGA
5123/30 CXL 0944 RJJI
RJJI 5127/30 CXL 1015 DCA
5138/30 CXL 1051 RJJI
RJJI 5137/30 CXL 1123 LGA
5112/30 CXL 1257 RJJI
RJJI 5114/30 CXL 1330 DCA
5140/30 CXL 1510 RJJI
RJJI 5139/30 CXL 1550 LGA
5141/30 CXL 2009 RJJI
-END- * - EQUIPMENT CHANGE

Looks like a shutdown to me...

 

[Alaskaairlines]

So does this mean they are out of business?

 

[T-Gates]

So does this mean they are out of business?

Yes. Again.

 

[Mercy98]

All aircraft are being flown to Kinston, NC Wed. evening. All aircraft flew revenue to the out stations, then were ferried. The Ch. 7 meeting with the judge is Thus. morning around 9-9:30.

Good luck to all.

 

[dispatchguy]

RGS/ISO/RJJI/29OCT«
RGS ISO /RJJI/D
29OCT ROUTINGS AT ISO 30/0540Z
ARV-FLT TIME ACF TE MTC DPT-FLT TIME TRM CTG O/T RMKS
9411/29 IN 1045 MRB RJJI
9412/29 IN 1050 MRH RJJI
9410/29 IN 2100 MRG RJJI
9409/29 IN 2130 MRC RJJI
9407/29 IN 2315 MRF RJJI
9406/29 ETA 2340 RJJI
9408/29 ETA 0020 MRD RJJI
9405/29 ETA 0045 MRE RJJI
-END- * - EQUIPMENT CHANGE

 

[Alaskaairlines]

How many employees, pilots did they employ?

 

[void]

Who do you think is going to get there hands on those jets?

I'm guessing PSA.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Jets? Who is going to get the JETS?

Thats pretty frickan COLD considering a bunch of people are losing their jobs again!

Where are your priorities?

 

[godsgift2aviatn]

Hey dispatch guy, excuse my ignorance but could you deciper that text for me?

 

[anon]

With as many people reading these boards as there are, maybe we can help.

If everyone can provide whatever information they may have regarding future jobs, then maybe a few folks can use that information.

Losing a job just before the Christmas season sucks. C'mon folks, quit your inter-rivalry griping and lets see what we can do to help.

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For my 2 cents - I hear that ASA may be hiring during the 1st Qtr of 2003. I'm not sure how many will be brought in, but I expect the number to be around 20-30 folks.

 

[the turtle]

and those folks weren't kids living home with mommy, either.

 

[the turtle]

Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:01AM EST

Midway poised for liquidation
The airline has canceled flights today, pending the results of a crucial hearing in bankruptcy court, its affiliate US Airways says

By DUDLEY PRICE, Staff Writer

Facing possible court-ordered liquidation today, Midway Airlines is shutting down its operations yet again.
Midway, which flies 30 daily round trips as a commuter feeder for US Airways, "is canceling all flights for Thursday, Oct. 30, pending the outcome of the bankruptcy proceedings" scheduled for this morning, US Airways spokesman David Castelveter said late Wednesday. "US Airways will reaccommodate customers on other US Airways flights or those of other airlines, if necessary."
Customers whose flights are canceled should contact US Airways reservations or their travel agents to be rebooked on other flights.

Whether Midway continues to operate flights as a US Airways Express commuter in the future depends on the outcome of today's bankruptcy court hearing. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Thomas Small could either give the airline more time to come up with a plan to leave bankruptcy or order the carrier's case converted to Chapter 7, which would involve selling the assets to repay creditors.

Meanwhile, Midway, which has halted all flights twice before in the past two years, prepared Wednesday to park its fleet of 50-seat regional jetliners at Kinston's Regional Jetport.

Don Howard, the regional jetport's director of operations, said officials from Morrisville-based Midway notified the airport Wednesday morning that they planned to bring in six to eight regional jetliners sometime Wednesday night. Midway has a total fleet of eight regional jetliners.

"They told the operations manager they planned to bring them in between dark and 1 or 2 a.m.," Howard said. Midway didn't say how long the planes might stay, he added.

Robert Ferguson, Midway's president and chief executive, did not return repeated calls.

Once the Triangle's busiest carrier, Midway has been trying since early this year to reinvent itself as feeder commuter for US Airways. But Midway, which has been in Chapter 11 protection for 26 months, is under pressure from the bankruptcy judge to show it can be a successful operation and leave bankruptcy.

Midway is hoping to exit bankruptcy with a cash infusion of more than $5 million from an unidentified investor that US Airways has lined up. But the investor is insisting that the airline gain contract concessions from its 85 pilots.

Last week Ferguson notified pilots that a deal reached earlier this month had been rejected by the investor.

Discussions on a new proposal began this week and were continuing Wednesday evening. Mark Stewart, a Midway pilot who heads the airline's union chapter, declined to comment on the contract discussions.

According to the latest schedule, Midway has two daily round trips from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington and three daily round trips from RDU to New York's La Guardia. It also operates 25 daily round-trip flights that originate at Reagan National.

Midway, which moved here from Chicago in 1995 to pick up flights when American Airlines pulled out of its RDU hub, has ceased operations before. The first time followed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a month after the carrier, citing a big drop in business travel, had declared bankruptcy and pared flights.

Midway resumed flights in December 2001 after receiving a $12 million federal airline bailout grant. But it halted flights once more in July 2002. It took to the air again as a US Airways Express carrier on Jan. 1, 2003.

 

[GearUpJammer]

The bankruptcy judge has just ruled a conversion to Chapter 7 liquidation. Best of luck to my fellow pilots. It has been a pleasure flying with one of the most professional group of pilots in the industry.

 

[void]

FurloughedAgain,

I meant no disrespect to all the employees of Midway that have just lost there jobs. I wish them all the best of luck, I sympathize with there situation.

However, It is a cold world, and the airline industry is a very cold and harsh industry. I would be suprised if you didn't realize this already, going by the handle of FurloughedAgain.

The only thing I know for sure is Midway is gone. Life goes on. The airline industry goes on.

My comment was an observation that US Airways would probobly not want to lose 7 jets already painted in US Airways colors ready to fly.

 

[dispatchguy]

Hey dispatch guy, excuse my ignorance but could you deciper that text for me?

RGS/ISO/RJJI/29OCT«
RGS ISO /RJJI/D
29OCT ROUTINGS AT ISO 30/0540Z
ARV-FLT TIME ACF TE MTC DPT-FLT TIME TRM CTG O/T RMKS
9411/29 IN 1045 MRB RJJI
9412/29 IN 1050 MRH RJJI
9410/29 IN 2100 MRG RJJI
9409/29 IN 2130 MRC RJJI
9407/29 IN 2315 MRF RJJI
9406/29 ETA 2340 RJJI
9408/29 ETA 0020 MRD RJJI
9405/29 ETA 0045 MRE RJJI

Is a list of the aircraft turns at Kinston NC - eg, Flight 9411/29OCT arrived at 1045L, with aircraft MRB // the last to arrive was 9405, with an ETA of 0045L, with aircraft MRE.