Regions Air????

[Berkut]

Mugging a Corpex pilot, there's a grand idea

Management is way ahead of you. Did anyone get a good look at the mugger? Was he wringing his hands and saying "eeeeexxxxxcellent"?

 

[belchfire]

Management is way ahead of you. Did anyone get a good look at the mugger? Was he wringing his hands and saying "eeeeexxxxxcellent"?

I know who you're writing of smithers...hehehehe-and yeah, putting your crews in that kind of a situation is pretty low.

And no Doug, it wasn't me. If they had grabbed the cell phone I had at the time they would have hung their heads in shame, put the gun away, given the phone back and skulked off in the darkness...muttering something about brokeazzwhiteboyzshouldbeshamedodemselvzscarrinshizzlelikedat...

And after the whole microtel/motel 6 debacle and lack of support that management gave their valued crewmembers I just bid around TBN, trip traded it away or something else to get away from it except for a few special occasions...like long spring and fall overnights when we had the truck, it wasn't too damm hot and we could go to the Hub for a doppel and some zegoiner schnitzel and maybe a rumplemint for desert. And for a blessed while all the TBN o/n's were on the BNA lines...hehehe.

Ya got to be able to make your own fun! Seniority helps! I hear tell that most all of the O/N's are like the weekday MWA's were...too short on one end and not long enough on the other!

Ah, the sordid stories I could tell of my life at the bottom of the -well, I started to say food chain, but that's a little high, ain't it!

Tell the girls of TBN that I said hey!

 

[belchfire]

As a matter of fact, you in the STL system-if you still have all those ford pickups, you don't know what an improvement they are over the Godforsaken deathtrap pieces of sheit they used to make their "valued employees" drive...hehehe...

Oh, you think I gest...taildragger? Remember the fracking ScAerostar in UIN???

 

[Tram]

I heard a good story about the Aerostar.. Someone took it to the overnight with a full tank, and since the piece took soo long to heat up in the morning, they just left it running..

Came back out to a warm ride and a 1/4 tank of gas for the ride to the airport..

 

[belchfire]

I heard a good story about the Aerostar.. Someone took it to the overnight with a full tank, and since the piece took soo long to heat up in the morning, they just left it running..

Came back out to a warm ride and a 1/4 tank of gas for the ride to the airport..

Ah, the legends grow with time...it only took half a tank to stay warm overnight ...hehehehe and at that it wasn't warm inside, only not as cold as outside. Though I never was one that actually left it running...see, I was a F/O at the time...didn't feel that I had that much authoritah...

Oh yeah...that's the POS!

And it gets cold enough in UIN that your breath will freeze on the inside of the windshield. It wasn't safe! Comfort was right out!

It took many safety reports back to MQY to get the front wheels ballanced-the thing shook so bad at about 52 mph one was sure it was going to fly apart. Instead of fixing the microswitch on the rear hatch so the light wouldn't stay on overnight they pulled the bulbs out of the overhead and taped the rear hatch shut so you had to throw your bags on the seats through the side door.

I think the only instrument that worked...lets see, the gas gauge and the speedometer. Turn singnal indicators? no Oil Prx? no Temp? no...the list goes on...

The company let us bid on one of the vans that the Mechs used in MQY once when they descided to get rid of it. I bid $3.98...hehehehe

 

[taildragerpilot]

As a matter of fact, you in the STL system-if you still have all those ford pickups, you don't know what an improvement they are over the Godforsaken deathtrap pieces of sheit they used to make their "valued employees" drive...hehehe...

Oh, you think I gest...taildragger? Remember the fracking ScAerostar in UIN???

yeah belch, i remember that van. how about the one deemed unroadworthy by the state of tennessee that they moved up to PAH, then KY kicked it out, the MWA had it for a while until SP did the bardyard shuffle one night with JB and got it all jacked up. i think that was a brown van.

or there's the blue one in MQY for the crews that got 3 miles to the gallon, always had an empty tank (thanks to MX lunch adventures) and drove like a J-Ball flew!!!!

yeah, those were the days.....

 

[shinydiscoballs]

so my son you have made the right choice! when was it that the last corpex captain got hired to the majors? ghetto air and pace dont count...

 

[belchfire]

yeah belch, i remember that van. how about the one deemed unroadworthy by the state of tennessee that they moved up to PAH, then KY kicked it out, the MWA had it for a while until SP did the bardyard shuffle one night with JB and got it all jacked up. i think that was a brown van.

or there's the blue one in MQY for the crews that got 3 miles to the gallon, always had an empty tank (thanks to MX lunch adventures) and drove like a J-Ball flew!!!!

yeah, those were the days.....

Hehehe-the blue full sized ford that mx in MQY sent to MWA 'cause the front end was so worn out they wouldn't drive it any more-aka "the DUI simulator".

Ever get to drive that little Ranger with the V-8 crammed in it down MKL way? That one was fun!

 

[belchfire]

so my son you have made the right choice! when was it that the last corpex captain got hired to the majors? ghetto air and pace dont count...

Delta Lima was in the last class that America West ran. Jball to 757 baby-just before the merger with Airways...dat good enough?

I think I heard that someone went to CAL-as in mainline, not express but I'm not sure.

 

[Tram]

Yeh, we lost a captain to CAL in December..

4 or 5 have interviews with Air Tran this month..

 

[CopilotDoug]

See! It doesn't matter if you only have turbo-prop time. Although there are hiring clauses at all major airlines stating that if you only have B1900 time, you're up $hit Creek (Gotta rag on somebody, why not the brave pilots who drive those Flying Septic Tanks?) Speaking of $hit Creek, a person could make alotta money opening a Paddle Store there...

 

[CopilotDoug]

Speaking of $hit Creek, a person could make alotta money opening a Paddle Store there...

In retrospect, it looks like a man opened an airline there, and they changed the name of the town to Smyrna! :laugh:

Time to go make some popcorn, curl up on the couch, and watch my movie ! (The Adventures of Harry Pooter and the Half-Priced Hooker)

 

[Smiliner]

EAS bids for the STL flying are out

The bids are out for the STL flying. The Mesa / Air Midwest bid is pretty competitive. Not sure how the DOT is going to rule on this one. On one hand, the Mesa bid is slightly more expensive. On the other, given Regions track record of late, the cities might push for a change.


Mesa Airlines / Air Midwest
http://www.regionalaviationpartners.org/Home/pdf/2.09.07EAS_6_airmidwest.pdf

RegionsAir
http://www.regionalaviationpartners.org/Home/pdf/2.09.07EAS_6_regionsair.pdf

 

[CopilotDoug]

And the Plot Thickens

This is absolutely fascinating. Regions has the cajones to step up to the plate and ask the DOT for money again after the Saab debacle and the Jetstream SNAFU? What are they going to tell the DOT? "We have money from a secret buyer, but we can't tell you who the buyer is. Just trust us, we'll do better"

Oddly enough, I think Regions will beat Mesa hands down and win the contracts since they're dealing with the Government.

 

[BlackPilot628]

Another thing Mesa has going for them is the Code Share agreement with US Airways.

 

[Jet Pig Wench]

yeah belch, i remember that van. how about the one deemed unroadworthy by the state of tennessee that they moved up to PAH, then KY kicked it out, the MWA had it for a while until SP did the bardyard shuffle one night with JB and got it all jacked up. i think that was a brown van.

or there's the blue one in MQY for the crews that got 3 miles to the gallon,

It was the big blue van that "accidentally" ended up on the horse track. We did not get arrested or jack up the van. There were guns and some PO'd rednecks involved though. I had to throw those undies away. Ooooh, the days. . .

 

[Way2Broke]

I got mugged by corpex management in the form of a training contract.

 

[PRINCE AKEEM]

I've got some Palastinian friends who have their eyes on a certain red Jeep Cherokee parked at MQY!!!

 

[CopilotDoug]

Is it safe to bet that PKB won't be getting their own crew vehicle any time soon?

 

[Tram]

I got mugged by corpex management in the form of a training contract.

Ahh the worst kind, mugged at your own request..

I guess there are truly sadomasochists out there..

 

[CopilotDoug]

For our class, you have to admit we got off with pretty light taining contracts. Doesn't Colgan want you to sign a two year contract and for more money? sh!taqua and all of their illegitimate offspring require two year contracts and like 19,000 hours (or 1500 hrs, but 19,000 sounds better for the sake of the story) to get an interview. And besides, Regions is getting bought by FedEx here soon...

 

[Way2Broke]

The "taco" that you refer to Doug, also offers pay raises. You can not compare a real airline to a dress up one.

 

[CopilotDoug]

The "taco" that you refer to Doug, also offers pay raises. You can not compare a real airline to a dress up one.

Don't rebuff my point! Look, I may not work for Chitaqua or its subsidiaries, and I may not have even seen one of their planes before. And while your point is based on fact, and mine was based on information pieced together from sugar packets...I lost my train of thought. Nevermind

 

[Tram]

Eh, I dunno..

What gets me is when someone will sign on the line that says "If I quit before X date.. I will pay Y amount..."

They all sign it..

Sorta like.. if two guys are having a.. beef.. and one guy says "if you call my mother a whore, one more time, I will skull thump you.." and the other guys says "your mother is a whore.." now, previously aforementioned thug skull thumpers lesser aforementioned fellow.. and this guy gets angry?

You called his momma a whore.. skull thump!
You signed a contract... pay your monies...

Thennn.. when they quit.. before X... they are asked to pay Y.. they get all pissy about it..

You signed it.. pay it, or work it out....

FedEx isn't buying us.. They have no use for Jetstreams.. and they canceled the A-380 order.. Whoever is buying us, is actually going to put 1 - A-380 online.. It is truly a unique bird.. The configuration is unlike anything ever seen.. The aftest most aft portion of the fuselage will house the "corpex community" so, we are all forced to live IN the airplane.. and thus, in domicile.. No more commuting! Weee.... Also, we are having our pay cut even more, as they are providing housing, no more over nights, no more busted up White F-150's.. No more Lips!

The not quite soo aft but still pretty aft section of the fuse will house the rampers.. After a low approach to the destination, they will egress the aircraft and begin ground operations..

Now, the center afty section.. oh, this is where we will hold between 3 and 21 pax, bags, seeing eye dogs, etc.. Ha! No more will we hear "this is the smallest thing I've ever been on.." "Does this thing really fly.."

and I haven't seen then plans for the fore and most forest spots on the bird, but no doubt.. they will be immmpressive..

Oh and umm.. we will flag stop everything..

Man, nothing like an over night is UIN.. I's is boooorreeed...

 

[taildragerpilot]

Another thing Mesa has going for them is the Code Share agreement with US Airways.

who cares if they have a code share with USAir! the local markets around STL are old TWA (now AA) Frequent Flyer Folks. USAir is in sh!tty MCI with hardly any connections. EAS is EAS. any operator will suck. you people think air midwest is even close to 90% completion?

and by the way, why does blackpilot always rag on regionsair? ah, i remember, always ran his mouth in the crew room, just like a "siren" (his nickname) and would never shut up. negative, negative, negative. well, being a jungle bus gear slinger is where he needs to be.

 

[CopilotDoug]

I agree with you Tram. The training contract thing is a non-issue. You know what you're signing for up front. If you can't live with it, don't sign it. BUT, did not Mesaba, at one time, try to collect "their" monies on training contracts after they furloughed pilots before said contracts were up? Hope they did not get away with it.

Maybe Regions should look into the T-56 STC conversion for the Jetstream. 4,500 shaft bending horsepower a side. Then they can cram, like...20 people into that thing.

 

[taildragerpilot]

soon i'll have a new word to add to my vocabulary.......BOEING

and one to remove.........RegionsAir

 

[CopilotDoug]

jungle bus.

I thought Embraer officially changed the nickname to "The Whistling Sh!tbox of Doom w/ Handlebars"

 

[Tram]

soon i'll have a new word to add to my vocabulary.......BOEING

and one to remove.........RegionsAir

So did you get the call and the answer was "Welcome to the team.." or is this hopeful speculation?

 

[Way2Broke]

You are not aware about the class that showed up to class unaware of a contract and was told to either go home or sign? Criminal if you ask me... and typical!