RSVM for USA, Cherry, and Ameristar

[TX_DFW]

Does any body working for a On demand operator, know what their company is planning on doing with the aircraft. I have heard many rumors about all of the Non compliant airplanes out there. I would just like to get an idea about job stability come January.

 

[Xfr8dog]

At UsaJet they tell us that all our falcons will be compliant. However i havent seen any steps taken as of yet. Of course that means nothing seeing as im usually the second to last to know anything! : )

 

[falcondriver]

The normal procedure at Cherry is wait till the last minute and panic.
FD

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

USA Jet has been RVSMing their DC-9s for a while. 2 Falcons are currently in a hanger getting RVSM'd. Various rumours have been floating around, but it sounds like all the Falcons that have a cooperating autopilot will be RVSM'd.

I talked 2 the President of Cherry about a year ago. He said they were going to RVSM their planes.

It will be interesting to see how RVSM affects everybody. I've read that most operators of older aircraft are taking a wait and see attitude.

I think that they'll find out it's a disaster, and then everyone will immediately try to RVSM their airplanes, which means the shops will be overwhelmed and a lot of owners will be kicking themselves.

Cliff
DTW

 

[Xfr8dog]

Youre probably right about the competition AtpCliff. Which may be really good news for us...
Official sources just told me that 827AA is in the shop now. which means you'll be the next to be told!

and stop using my handle to post!

 

[Cowboypilot]

Where can I find "official" info on climbing rough RSVM? Is this a true rumor?

 

[Xfr8dog]

"Climbing rough" ? What do you mean?

 

[LearDriver]

Climbing Through

Getting permission to climb through RVSM airspace seems to be what my company is planning / hoping we will be able to do..... Soooo... as I understand it - that means we will have to be at 410 and 430..... ATC will love us when we flame one at 430 and need to come back down to the through the airspace....Not to mention the fact that any time we can't get the permission to climb up above the airspace we will have to make at least one extra fuel stop, and take a huge hit on profit. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see this working very well.

 

[Xfr8dog]

I have to agree with you, at the very least you'll end up losing alot of trips to USAJet and others who are compliant due to the amount you'll have to bid to make a profit..
Are you with Cherry or Ameristar? whoever it is, i hope for your sakes that they do actually go through with the mods. I know Ameristar often already operates on very slim profit margins.

 

[Wiggums]

I heard that supposedly Ameristar's Lears will be RVSM compliant. Also, they are still upgrading captians and cross training FOs in the thing, and there is no way Tom would waste the money doing so if the fleet was going to be grounded. I believe for climb-through you need to go from 290 to 410 in eight minutes, and level at 430 or 450. Works great with new motors, say, what is the number to order new CJ610s from GE?

Oh wait, nevermind.

Tom is a smart dude and I doubt he would let the competition get so far ahead after doing so well for the last few years.