PDT reduce fleet, furloughs in the future.

[LowlyPropCapt]

Then again, you should expect no less from the destroyer commander who tried to use his boat as a landing craft....

Oh? Did Farrow actually try and beach a hull?

I am off to work tommorrow. I am totally motivated... If you get my drift.

 

[OPECJet]

Oh? Did Farrow actually try and beach a hull?

I am off to work tommorrow. I am totally motivated... If you get my drift.

I haven't been able to find the article. I think it's up for debate whether he really did it or not. He commanded the USS Elliot. Check it, you might have better luck than I did....:laugh:

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

I haven't been able to find the article. I think it's up for debate whether he really did it or not. He commanded the USS Elliot. Check it, you might have better luck than I did....:laugh:

Check your pm's.

 

[WSurf]

BTW, trust me I feel for you dudes, in the last 4 years my regional has gone from over 85 aircraft to 70, so I think I say it for most AWAC'rs, hope this is just a ploy and nothing more.

Well ALG/PDT has gone from about 110 Planes to now maybe 45. If anyone knows about reductions it should be us.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Well ALG/PDT has gone from about 110 Planes to now maybe 45. If anyone knows about reductions it should be us.

Yup. What he said. All we need is some oppotunistic low rent carrier to come in here and kick us in the balls and that would make it a perfect sh1tstorm.

 

[CALRepublic]

Yup. What he said. All we need is some oppotunistic low rent carrier to come in here and kick us in the balls and that would make it a perfect sh1tstorm.

Yeah I'd be worried about that. Hell that was a posibility when I was there, I'm an ex-Allegheny guy.

Its unfortunate that a carrier like Colgan, Commut Air or my favorite, frigging Chautauqua could come in and like you said, start a sh1tstorm.

 

[WSurf]

Yup. What he said. All we need is some oppotunistic low rent carrier to come in here and kick us in the balls and that would make it a perfect sh1tstorm.

Yep, and thank God we own some planes! Wait till the leases are up at PSA on the 50 Seat RJ's.

Lets just hope this economy turns around fast.


But for now it Looks like we will be flying 45 ********************birds around until about 2014! And lets hope that the Airline industry turns around and we're not here to fly them.

Feel very sorry for those Pilots and their families that will be affected by this. This is not the time to be out of work and job hunting.

 

[CALRepublic]

But for now it Looks like we will be flying 45 ********************birds around until about 2014! .

WOW, flying the Dash until 2014.

Back in 2003 the chief pilot came into class (company recurrent) and said "we're hoping to turn the Dash 8 into the next DC3, we want to fly those things until 2010"....we all looked at eachother, probably thinking, these things can't fly until 2010. Now you're saying 2014...

whatever happens, good luck, lots of good friends at PDT.

 

[FMEpilot]

I wonder who will still be around to fly 906 to the Smithsonian in 2032

 

[deadstick]

Yep, and thank God we own some planes! Wait till the leases are up at PSA on the 50 Seat RJ's.

FWIW, USAir owns half (or there abouts) of those.

 

[EDUC8-or]

Feel very sorry for those Pilots and their families that will be affected by this. This is not the time to be out of work and job hunting.

Ditto, good luck Piedmonsters.

 

[WSurf]

FWIW, USAir owns half (or there abouts) of those.

Duh? And who owns us? And who are we?


Funny how they change the Occurence Policy and then 2 weeks later announce this.

Get ready boys, I see rough sea's ahead!!

 

[dcfu69]

Whose gonna pick up the slack on ur flying. OR will there be enough planes to cover the routes?

 

[WSurf]

Whose gonna pick up the slack on ur flying. OR will there be enough planes to cover the routes?

Doubt anyone will right now. The loads we have been flying have really dropped. So unless the economy picks up I see many markets getting less frequency or even ending some markets.

 

[AceCrackshot]

I wonder who will still be around to fly 906 to the Smithsonian in 2032

I miss 906.

 

[dcfu69]

I thought it was just a couple days ago that PDT was getting routes to ewr and iad? still true....?

 

[deadstick]

Duh? And who owns us? And who are we?

Whatever...I was just saying there are NO leases on a bunch of those CRJ's.

 

[OPECJet]

Crazy. I don't even work there anymore and find this highly offensive. Anything I can do to help get you good folks out of there when hiring opens up, you know who to call! Til then best wishes on riding it out.

 

[WSurf]

Whatever...I was just saying there are NO leases on a bunch of those CRJ's.

Cool, that's good for you guys.

Sorry if I came across gruff, but its good to hear that many of the CRJ's are owned.

 

[lindsaya99]

Did any of you guys watch Doug's Crewnews from December? I thought said that PDT's Dash 8s had plenty of life left in them. Now they want to continue parking Dash's? Crazy. Maybe you guys will get some Q-400s since they can't add more "large small jets".