Bluestreak
Fitty-Six F100's rock
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2001
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- 375
Re: Ummm
1.I see you need funds to start another airline-you already have a mainline and 3 wholly-owneds-why is it necessary to start ANOTHER airline ? You would have now 5 training departments,5 mx departments,5 dispatch offices-that's quite an infrastructure to support-why is this necessary ? You can't manage the ones you own now properly,why will this be different ? I see your pay rates are twice ($55/hr) the industry average-hasn't U had a problem with high labor costs ?
2.Give me one good reason why PDT/ALG/PSA do not have jets right now.Did the w/o pilots not want jets? No.Did mgt. not want you to have jets ? No.They have been asking for them for years.Did your pax prefer t-props ? No.Do you only fly short trips ? No,actually you go places like CLT-TLH on Dash 8s.Other airlines fly jets painted in your colors,yet you do not- tell me why this is so?
3.Being that your poor performance as airline managers is your reason for applying to the ATSB in the first place (and yes,we are aware you were losing money before 9-11),why should we entrust you with a BILLION dollars of taxpayer money?
Hey,let's crunch some numbers for fun,whatsay ? What kind of terms can you get on a $20 million RJ,anyway ? To buy/lease 15,that's $300 miliion-a million here,a million there-pretty soon,you're talking some real money ! Airway's first order of business is to put a viable business plan in front of the ATSB.If your stuff isn't together,you'll get sent packing empty-handed ala Vanguard.Pretend I'm the ATSB and answer these questions for me:NEDude said:When people go out and buy a car, they usually do not plunk down cash for the entire purchase price. Yes some do, but most do not.
The same works for airlines. Airways, in fact nobody, plunks down a few billion dollars cash for airplanes. They are almost always either leased or financed. If Airways can show a leasing or finance company a good business plan involving the integration of RJs and can provide reasonable assurances that payments will be made, they can probably get the airplanes. They don't need the cash.
1.I see you need funds to start another airline-you already have a mainline and 3 wholly-owneds-why is it necessary to start ANOTHER airline ? You would have now 5 training departments,5 mx departments,5 dispatch offices-that's quite an infrastructure to support-why is this necessary ? You can't manage the ones you own now properly,why will this be different ? I see your pay rates are twice ($55/hr) the industry average-hasn't U had a problem with high labor costs ?
2.Give me one good reason why PDT/ALG/PSA do not have jets right now.Did the w/o pilots not want jets? No.Did mgt. not want you to have jets ? No.They have been asking for them for years.Did your pax prefer t-props ? No.Do you only fly short trips ? No,actually you go places like CLT-TLH on Dash 8s.Other airlines fly jets painted in your colors,yet you do not- tell me why this is so?
3.Being that your poor performance as airline managers is your reason for applying to the ATSB in the first place (and yes,we are aware you were losing money before 9-11),why should we entrust you with a BILLION dollars of taxpayer money?