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Just talked to Cindy - she'll need a few more weeks to complete the photo album; she has some stuff going on at home so she's staying very busy. Next week sometimes we'll be working on titles/captions for some of the pics so if you have any info to be included please email her. Also, a domain name has been secured for the album; as soon as it's up and running I'll post it here and then y'all can spread the word.
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RegionsAir hopes to fly again
By TODD PACK
Gannett/Tennessee
RegionsAir Inc., the Smyrna-based commuter airline that abruptly stopped flying this spring amid questions over pilot certification, says it's "vigorously working" to get airborne again.
But after losing all of its routes and most of its employees in the past three months, it appears unlikely to meet a July 8 deadline for proving to officials that it's airworthy, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said Tuesday.
RegionsAir, which offered connecting service for American and Continental airlines, resolved the issues over pilot certification on March 9, and then-CEO Doug Caldwell signed a "consent agreement" with the government agreeing to meet other regulatory requirements within 120 days, said the spokeswoman, Kathleen Bergen.
It's these other requirements that could end up grounding the airline for good, Bergen said.
Specifically, it has failed to give regulators a copy of its business plan or fill key jobs, including those of chief pilot, director of operations and director of maintenance, the spokeswoman said. Also, only two of the airline's seven remaining planes are airworthy, she said.
Under terms of the consent agreement, RegionsAir had 120 days to meet the requirements or the FAA would cancel its air carrier certificate.
With the deadline two weeks away, "it's highly unlikely Regions would be able to do that," Bergen said.
RegionsAir executives didn't return telephone and e-mail messages this week. Caldwell said in an e-mail that he's no longer with the privately held company and declined to discuss its predicament.
Before it stopped flying on March 8, RegionsAir carried travelers from small communities in the Midwest and West Virginia to airline hubs in St. Louis and Cleveland.
Of its 12 routes, 11 were covered under the government's essential air service program, which pays airlines for flying to underserved communities.
When the airline stopped flying, its routes were reassigned. Its only route in Tennessee was between Jackson and American's hub in St. Louis.
"The situation they're in makes it very, very challenging," said Chuck Howell, CEO of Great Lakes Aviation Ltd. of Cheyenne, Wyo., which is replacing the Smyrna-based carrier as the AmericanConnection carrier in six cities in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.
Howell, who co-founded RegionsAir in the mid-1990s, said he worked with his former company for several weeks this spring in hopes of returning the airline to service. He wanted RegionsAir to resume its former routes until Great Lakes could hire additional pilots and acquire additional planes.
"We don't have airplanes sitting around. We don't have pilots sitting around," Howell said. "The fastest way (to restore service in those markets) ... was for us to step in and try to revive Regions to allow us time to get up and running."
But because RegionsAir was no longer flying, most of its pilots quit, he said.
"It's not easy starting an airline, and it's not a whole lot easier restarting an airline," Howell said. "We pulled the plug when we saw we were going to put a lot of energy into restarting it, but we weren't going to have the necessary pilots." With the deadline for complying with FAA rules fast approaching, RegionsAir's future remains cloudy. Its Web site was disabled Tuesday except for a brief note saying the company has a plan "to resume operations in the near future." The undated note reads, "We are vigorously working to expand our service and grow this airline back to the 'hidden jewel' of the airline industry that it once was."
I'd like to rephrase the last statement:
Corpex employees were the hidden jewel of the industry but were taken into the abyss by the the not-so-hidden Zirconian management.
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RegionsAir hopes to fly again
By TODD PACK
Gannett/Tennessee
RegionsAir Inc., the Smyrna-based commuter airline that abruptly stopped flying this spring amid questions over pilot certification, says it's "vigorously working" to get airborne again.
But after losing all of its routes and most of its employees in the past three months, it appears unlikely to meet a July 8 deadline for proving to officials that it's airworthy, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said Tuesday.
RegionsAir, which offered connecting service for American and Continental airlines, resolved the issues over pilot certification on March 9, and then-CEO Doug Caldwell signed a "consent agreement" with the government agreeing to meet other regulatory requirements within 120 days, said the spokeswoman, Kathleen Bergen.
It's these other requirements that could end up grounding the airline for good, Bergen said.
Specifically, it has failed to give regulators a copy of its business plan or fill key jobs, including those of chief pilot, director of operations and director of maintenance, the spokeswoman said. Also, only two of the airline's seven remaining planes are airworthy, she said.
Under terms of the consent agreement, RegionsAir had 120 days to meet the requirements or the FAA would cancel its air carrier certificate.
With the deadline two weeks away, "it's highly unlikely Regions would be able to do that," Bergen said.
RegionsAir executives didn't return telephone and e-mail messages this week. Caldwell said in an e-mail that he's no longer with the privately held company and declined to discuss its predicament.
Before it stopped flying on March 8, RegionsAir carried travelers from small communities in the Midwest and West Virginia to airline hubs in St. Louis and Cleveland.
Of its 12 routes, 11 were covered under the government's essential air service program, which pays airlines for flying to underserved communities.
When the airline stopped flying, its routes were reassigned. Its only route in Tennessee was between Jackson and American's hub in St. Louis.
"The situation they're in makes it very, very challenging," said Chuck Howell, CEO of Great Lakes Aviation Ltd. of Cheyenne, Wyo., which is replacing the Smyrna-based carrier as the AmericanConnection carrier in six cities in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.
Howell, who co-founded RegionsAir in the mid-1990s, said he worked with his former company for several weeks this spring in hopes of returning the airline to service. He wanted RegionsAir to resume its former routes until Great Lakes could hire additional pilots and acquire additional planes.
"We don't have airplanes sitting around. We don't have pilots sitting around," Howell said. "The fastest way (to restore service in those markets) ... was for us to step in and try to revive Regions to allow us time to get up and running."
But because RegionsAir was no longer flying, most of its pilots quit, he said.
"It's not easy starting an airline, and it's not a whole lot easier restarting an airline," Howell said. "We pulled the plug when we saw we were going to put a lot of energy into restarting it, but we weren't going to have the necessary pilots." With the deadline for complying with FAA rules fast approaching, RegionsAir's future remains cloudy. Its Web site was disabled Tuesday except for a brief note saying the company has a plan "to resume operations in the near future." The undated note reads, "We are vigorously working to expand our service and grow this airline back to the 'hidden jewel' of the airline industry that it once was."
I'd like to rephrase the last statement:
Corpex employees were the hidden jewel of the industry but were taken into the abyss by the the not-so-hidden Zirconian management.
LINK
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