Regions Air????

[belchfire]

Well duh, any thread that garners 781 posts about a backwater outfit that won't even make a splash in a long unserviced lav on the last page of the history of aviation is well beyond ridiculous...

 

[CopilotDoug]

Just trying to stir the pot here, but I saw an AirMidwest 1900 the other day, 126YV. To say this thing looked dog tired would be an understatement. I have not seen ONE Regions plane look this bad. This thing was supposed to be all white (Even though each body panel was a different shade of white/gray) and the nice purple engine cowl made a nice touch when placed against the exhaust stains on the nacelle. The Captain I was flying with asked if AirMidwest was a Cargo operator! Anyway...I don't know where I was going with that. Anybody seen my stapler?

 

[belchfire]

Uh, ever seen all the engine-less and door-less jballs in MQY? What ever became of "The Golf Ball"?

Shiny paint means nothing. Even AM has better reliability, check the DOT stats!

 

[Way2Broke]

OK Way to Broke. I've had it with you. You are an obnoxious moderator. Thank you for helping make FI what it is. You guys are like freaking Lord of the Flies or something up in here.

Now seriously, how bad did the guy really screw up in his posts. Not too terribly bad. We can all shoot ourselves in the foot from time to time because we are human. We make mistakes. No big deal.

You my friend, are soooo excited about the message board you moderate for having the power to screw someone out of a job. Or so you think. FI is NOT all that. If Regions wants to come here to get info a prospective employee then Regions is NOT all that.

This is ridiculous.

My point was and still is.... its not a good idea to give a play by play of your interview anywhere on here until it is done. Ask some questions, do some research, make some contacts, give feedback after its done, that is what Flight Info is all about! Come give us the good news that you got a job somewhere instead of continuing to shoot yourself in the foot. Regions is a very small company, and I know the CP and her screen name on here. Heck, she was even my instructor when I was at CorpEx. He (pilot) was talking down about his expereince to her on her at the same time as waiting for a call to reschedule his interview without realizing it. My point again is... this is a small business and this is a public forum. Don't let the cat out of the bag until the right time.

As far as being a "obnoxious moderator" and making Flight Info what it is... my opinion about what he is doing to himself here has nothing to do with being a moderator. And if I helped make Flight Info what it is....well thank you... because it is a great site for the sharing of information concerning all aspects of aviation. If you are willing to give me even a little bit of credit for that, thank you, but I don't know if I can take responsibility for the efforts of over 30,000 members here any more than the next guy. Sure there is bickering and non-since that gos on here, but the same things happen in crew rooms across the world every day. If everyone shared the same opinions wouldn't life be boring? Its not that he shot himself in the foot that bothers me so much, its that he is continuing to do so. I want the best for him, which I am sure he will find somewhere besides Regions. I am all about helping pilots, which is exactly why I come here.

I hooked up this guy with a freight outfit that offered him one of his 135 jobs that he is talking about. Soooooo forgive me for trying to help out my fellow pilots.

Flight Info is "all that" it happens all the time. I have gotten jobs as a direct result of contacts I have made here, and people have been turned down jobs as a direct result of what was said here. Regions is what it is, a 19 seat t-prop operator with a great pilot group. Everyone knows everyone at Regions, its that small.

 

[10early?]

Mcjohn;

True, 754 can say what he wants. True, Way2Broke is obnoxious (it's one of his endearing qualities). But blabbing everything about yourself in a public forum only invites people to read and learn something about you. ANYTHING you say or put on the internet can reflect on you, and you must choose what light that will be. 754 was obnoxious, too, not only on this board but in his almost-harassing of the CP. I mean, really, calling at home at almost midnight? And then to post a letter on the net, a private letter at that, is over the top. He probably got what was best for him, and Regions.

 

[10early?]

What ever became of "The Golf Ball"?

Apparently BAe has told RA to fix it, and by crackie, they have someone in the hangar fixing it! It might even be able to fly pressurised again! I counted six, yes, 6, mechanics on the hangar floor today, and some of them were even working! Yessir, the first RJ should roll in any day now, if Sir Richard Branson and Oprah Winfrey (the new investors) have their way. Virgin Express-O airlines is gonna put all you pukes outta business, mark my words.......

 

[Smiliner]

AA signs a code share with Great Lakes for STL flying

OH SHIZZLE... American Airlines has signed a LOI with Great Lakes to operate as AmericanConnection out of STL.

http://www.regionalaviationpartners.org/Home/pdf/3.02.07EAS_6_AmericanAirlines.pdf

 

[CopilotDoug]

Uh, ever seen all the engine-less and door-less jballs in MQY? What ever became of "The Golf Ball"?

Shiny paint means nothing. Even AM has better reliability, check the DOT stats!

Belch, you and I know the paintjob is meaningless, unless of course it's not. But how do you think a passenger feels walking up to a "tiny" 19 seat "frankenstein" airplane that is about 32 different shades of white with a purple engine cowling?

In hindsight, it was one of those moments you had to be there to appreciate. Back in my days as a Saab driver for Rejex (all of 2 mos ago...) it would really kinda get to you...hearing day in and day out from some, not all, of the ground handlers at the various outstations how they either missed Air Midwest (AKA Mesa) or they really couldn't wait until Colgan showed up. Anything to get Rejex out. They almost made it sound as if Colgan or AirMidwest were one of the big boys. As an employee, listening to b*tching from the inside is one thing, but to hear this on a daily basis from ground workers (not to imply inferiority in any way) yeah it touches a personal chord with you. And you try not to take it personally, but you almost want to yell at said ground worker "THIS IS EAS! Your airport is EAS because NO ONE wants to fly here! You're scrapping the bottom of the barrel to pull up whichever provider can come in here and do it the cheapest! WHAT KIND OF F-ING SERVICE DO YOU EXPECT?!?"

Granted, contracts were signed and monies were being paid for said service, but it's not as if AM or Colgan are without their flaws. It's just that Regions seems to have regressed to the teething process after DC took over the reigns which left more than a few people scratching their heads. By the way, when/why did the old presidente leave?

 

[zman]

Regions air is a big piece of garbage their airplanes are nothing but flying coffins

 

[CopilotDoug]

Did you come to that conclusion before or after your sex change, Zman?

BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!:laugh:

ZING!

 

[Way2Broke]

Zman,
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having read that. You are awarded no points and may god have mercy on your soul.

Edit:

I just read all your other posts. Everything you ever say is pure flame bait. Like this for example,

"i love would go over and fly those 195's and i am proud to work with my company to see it grow. I hate when i see fellow mesa pilots not support our CEO."

and this

"we just need some regionals to go away. we need to give growth to bigger commpanies like mesa, chaut, and skywest."

 

[twolinepass]

easy there chief. dont bring the heat on yourself by calling out the z. you're just showing that you dont know your corpex lineage. see ya, sk

 

[CopilotDoug]

Zman,
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having read that. You are awarded no points and may god have mercy on your soul.

Nicely done! I'd say ZwoMAN just got served and is offcially on the cooling rack. SUCK IT BIOTCH!

PS - I think he was turned down 2 or 5 times by Regions...

 

[Way2Broke]

easy there chief. dont bring the heat on yourself by calling out the z. you're just showing that you dont know your corpex lineage. see ya, sk

Your defending someone who is making snood remarks about corpex's fatal crash?

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that thinks these two screen names are the same person. Look at the join dates, pretty close together and both of them don't have many posts. I'll be keeping a eye on their IP addresses to see if they match.

 

[twolinepass]

all i saw was johnny calling them flying coffins. didnt see anything calling attention to the crash. i was here then, and jon and kim were my friends as well as johnnys. were you here then? did you delete his response and i missed it or something?

 

[Way2Broke]

Calling anyone's planes "flying coffins" after any company has had a fatal is in very poor taste. I don't delete posts unless they violate the FI terms of service, especially when I am involved in the discussion. He didn't break any rules, he just made a comment in very very poor taste.

 

[twolinepass]

nothing to hide here. my first name starts with s. and my last name starts with kraus. i guess if you dont know z, then you're a rejex pilot and not a corpex pilot.

 

[Way2Broke]

nothing to hide here. my first name starts with s. and my last name starts with kraus. i guess if you dont know z, then you're a rejex pilot and not a corpex pilot.

And the difference is?

 

[twolinepass]

and by the way, as has been pointed out here by our nancy drew/hardy boys moderator and the very entertaining copilotdoug, i dont post here often. six or seven times in as many years. just wanted to say that miss all the guys i went through new hire training with, and i hope kenny t and kelly f find the greener pastures they've earned and deserve. and by the way, props to us for being from the only newhire class in the free world to have a guy bail out the back of the sim in stl.

 

[twolinepass]

And the difference is?

if you have to ask, then you weren't there. that is all. see ya, sk
ps. hey george, i fly with guys that know you from the midway days

 

[Smiliner]

WOO HOO I'm the 801st post on the RegionsAir thread. Ahhh it's good to be me.

 

[CopilotDoug]

props to us for being from the only newhire class in the free world to have a guy bail out the back of the sim in stl.

Hmmmm...the man does have a very good point.

 

[belchfire]

Regions air is a big piece of garbage their airplanes are nothing but flying coffins

Regardless of what I think of the way MQY has handled their responsibilities I learned to like the jball. It's way tougher than those streched king airs. The fact that management is as fracked up as a soup sandwich has nothing to do with the safety of yesteryears technology. There are probably situations where the performance is optomistic but those figures were computed for new aircraft with new engines...

Doug-I remember when crapex ran 99+% reliability. Those dipsticks just got tired of dealing with cancled and late flights and I can't blame them. See, even AM was giving them longevity raises. Crapex didn't do that for them nor would they lease, beg, borrow or otherwise establish the requsite supply chain to support the mission. That is not a reflection on the fine crewmembers- I have been told you were one of the good guys by reliable sources. In the STL system at least all of us were in the same cesspool-we all had our pay frozen at the same time!

For years I have ranted. It is a hollow victory that I am vindicated by the sophmoric manner in which the Saab program was launched...even as we write back and forth to each other it dies slowly, cold and alone for lack of proper planning and execution. All y'all have my most profound sympathy who are still trapped there trying to do the impossible for the ungrateful.

One bit of good news that I have heard is that the wicked witch of HR is on the way out, though regretably under her own power...like a rat leaving a sinking ship. May the sharks feast upon her first!

 

[Way2Broke]

And the difference is?

if you have to ask, then you weren't there. that is all. see ya, sk
ps. hey george, i fly with guys that know you from the midway days

A J-ball yesterday is the same as a j-ball today, and the people that are there now are forming the same type relationships that you formed when you were there. Just because you worked there a while ago doesn't mean that your any better than the pilots putting up with it today. If anything the guys putting up with the level of insanity at corpex today are better than the pilots that were there when it was a well oiled machine. I do agree with you on one thing though, I hope the pilots that are there get what they deserve, better jobs, and I don't just wish that for a couple of guys that I know that are still there. I wish that for all of them.

Also, no one said you were hiding anything and no one pointed out that you do not post here often.

 

[belchfire]

And the difference is?

if you have to ask, then you weren't there. that is all. see ya, sk
ps. hey george, i fly with guys that know you from the midway days

Ahhhh...that was many scars ago! Didn't I ride with you on one of your last jball flights? Or do I have the wrong SK?

Way2-I don't know that crapex was ever a "well-oiled machine"...ever. The RDU system operated on it's own with minimal supervision. We knew our jobs. HQ sent parts and supplies. Sked would frack people over periodically, but we pretty well took care of ourselves. Given the supplies that we needed we could do the job with minimal interfearance from chaos command. We whipped in from the outstations, the releases and manifests were (like as not) together on a clipboard-if not we could get Saber to print them, no begging the station manager to set out more paper or releases or a new printer ribbon...then we told the gate we were ready to go. If the fuelers did their jobs and MDW had the A team working the gates it was good to go. The Station Manager/Lead Mechanic was a workaholic. MX had parts. It was a good team that never should have been broken up-he should have replaced VS in STL account his seniority but they kept her instead-much to the distress of those that know a good station manager when we see one!

 

[twolinepass]

hey george,
yeah, but then again, who didnt you fly with on one of their last jball flights. actually, the last was 4ness, i think. did he give up the flying game and go sell signs full time in nashville or what. good guy, that one.

 

[belchfire]

hey george,
yeah, but then again, who didnt you fly with on one of their last jball flights. actually, the last was 4ness, i think. did he give up the flying game and go sell signs full time in nashville or what. good guy, that one.

Uh, yeah, I was the FO eliminator! hehehe...

Don't know-wouldn't blame him though!

 

[Way2Broke]

Uh, yeah, I was the FO eliminator! hehehe...

Don't know-wouldn't blame him though!

You rode with me on one of mine. I miss smoking cigs in STL with all the folks, although I quit smoking. Which, by the way, was alot easier to do after leaving corpex. haha

On a side note, sometimes on FI things are misinterpreted, and as a mod here I get to see all the reported posts and maybe I am a little jaded sometimes. I don't really know what was meant by the "flying coffin" comment. I probably read way to far into it, but in my defense it was random comment, so what do you expect?
I don't think any one pilot to grace the seat of a Jetstream with his/her butt is any better than the next. And yes, I do know the company has gone through alot of change in the last couple of years. But what I love about Corpex/Regions is that they always seem to find a way to hang on. Just look at these threads from 2004 when everyone thought it was over. And guess what, they are still here.

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=39009&highlight=Corpex

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=35643&highlight=Corpex

 

[belchfire]

You missed the one that stirred up the fecal-matter tornado with coex about flying thier rj's...hehehehehehe

 

[AV80R]

To Belchfire I am most apprecitive of your kind words.

Hmm, I didn’t think I was tough on 754, I just totally disagreed with belchfire when he said “…It is my most humble opinion that you deserved the place though…” I guess 754 has selective advice appreciation. He only listens to what he likes to hear.

Nevertheless, for the sake of the argument belch, let's go back to the crew room rhetoric for a second. I honestly don't understand why you think “he deserved the place…” Are you being sarcastic and think he deserves some “abuse” at Regions or do your really mean he “deserves” to work at Corpex? If so, why do you say that?

Wouldn’t you say JN knows way more about this individual from her dealings with him than you and I do by reading his posts? Like I said, I’m confused. Do I feel sorry for him? Yes. However, do I think he “deserves” to work at Regions? No, I think Jen did what she had to do and 1oearly was right when he said the guy would never survive the crew room. So what do you know about the guy that makes you feel differently about him? What say you?

Btw, did 4ness really get out of flying? Hope it’s not true.