Midwest Flying

[BoilerUP]

At least Skyway, Expressjet, and Air Wisconsin pilots can keep this discussion about the 50 seat RFP professional & civilized...

 

[masedogg19]

VIC,
With your "12,000 hours" , go play on the majors board, or go impress a flight school CFI with your infinite ignorance.

Oh good....now we've resorted to making fun of each other and calling names....once again....we're not stealing flying....and....don't blame us (the pilot group) anyway.....we had no say.....as Sailing said above, we said NO when mgmt came to us and asked us for concessions (that would be undercutting) to get the Midwest flying.....maybe you should be pissed at your mgmt instead.....i thought you were getting more planes anyway????

 

[DASHDRIVER]

This is just stupid. Nothing has happend yet. And if it does Skyway will most likely not have to lay anyone off. Pure attrition and adding those two planes you just bought will take care of that. AWAC, Express Jet, etc. pilot's have done nothing to provoke this response from Skyway's group. If your going to be angry at anyone look to your holding company. They are the ones who chose paying for airbuses instead of dojets.

 

[DirkkDiggler]

As far as I know, Midwest has said that they don't have the money to fund regional jets for themselves so Skyway was never in the running for 50 seat jets in the first place. This is expansion and not replacement flying. Where's the problem here? Nobody's flying will be lost no matter who wins this RFP.

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

Someone in ops had mentioned that all the bids for the RFP came back too high. I guess that is why we are hearing rumors of us getting additional a/c even if they are Dos. Just curious if any fellow syxers have heard much about this?

 

[TCBKING]

Someone in ops had mentioned that all the bids for the RFP came back too high. I guess that is why we are hearing rumors of us getting additional a/c even if they are Dos. Just curious if any fellow syxers have heard much about this?

Uuhhh................ Me no Understandy. :cartman:

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

well from what i gathered, is that all the rfp bids came in higher than what YX wanted to see. I then heard that we are now actively pursuing more 328s, i assume this is to replace the beech as we phase them out and put the 328s on some of those routes. Now if all of the RFPs came back too high, where does lead us to in looking for 50 seat contractors?

 

[AWACoff]

Maybe Skyway will fly 50 seaters. Replace the dojets with a 50 seaters and get a bigger paycheck.

 

[avrodriver]

well from what i gathered, is that all the rfp bids came in higher than what YX wanted to see. I then heard that we are now actively pursuing more 328s, i assume this is to replace the beech as we phase them out and put the 328s on some of those routes. Now if all of the RFPs came back too high, where does lead us to in looking for 50 seat contractors?

United told us we were too high 2-3 times last year when our owners were trying to re-win our "contract" ( Sounds like something I would do too, nothing to lose). Either the contractors will bring the price down or they'll all take a walk.

AWAC is not "Hard Up" for this flying...if they can't get something out of it they won't fight for it. The guys that own this company are in it to make money, AWAC is the last place to come sniffin around for deals that do otherwise.

Guess we'll see if anyone wants it bad enough or MidEx will work something else out.

 

[veneratio]

Someone in ops had mentioned that all the bids for the RFP came back too high. I guess that is why we are hearing rumors of us getting additional a/c even if they are Dos. Just curious if any fellow syxers have heard much about this?

Hmm maybe taco will bid now, im sure their bid for the RFP wont be too hi.

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

Word is thatwe are "trying" to get up to 6-8 additional DOs over the 12. I think everyone came in too high on the rfps and that idea has since gone bye bye. I guess that is what happens when you want something for close to nothing?

 

[JohnyChimpo22]

What is the source of these RFP's coming in to high. I heard it from something doesn't count. Management at AWAC are saying that everything is fine with our bid, but it is still competitve. We have heard nothing along the lines of the RFP's being to high.

 

[BoilerUP]

What is the source of these RFP's coming in to high.

Evidently, crewroom banter.

Whatever happens will happen, and its far beyond the control of any pilot group.

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

yeah well im not saying it with 100% validity, but it was from a good source...but what do i know?

 

[freeflyer14]

Hmm maybe taco will bid now, im sure their bid for the RFP wont be too hi.

hi = high, dumbass...:erm: