Skyway happenings...
Jobear and others...
On the topic of what people are up to - I'm from the May class, and I know one person went to FlightSafety to work, a few others are working the ramp in MKE until they get recalled, and we lost a few to ANG/military duty. I think (although I'm not sure) that someone also went to Chicago Express from my class.
As far as the outlook, I don't know much, but while the news of recall is good (they are at least into the May class with the most recent bunch of recalls), I think the next six months will be kinda rough.
Fairchild-Dornier is "insolvent" (german for bankrupt) and looking for an investor to re-organize. This happened last week, and the immediate outcome appears to be Skyway won't be getting the additional jets it expected to receive in the 4Q '02, and the cash settlement which has remained undisclosed as part of the 428 lawsuit is probably gone too.
Add to this the fact that the ERJ's are pushed back till 2004 (at least?) -- not a rosy picture for any _additional_ recalls soon. The most recent newsline message still talks of fleet development, but honestly, unless you increase the amount of flying that everyone is doing, how can you grow the fleet without, well, growing the fleet?
Argh. As you can tell, I'm a little bitter over here. Don't mean to rain on anyone's parade - believe me, the news of recalls is outstanding - I just wish the prospects looked better for the next 6 - 9 months...
Take care,
-brew3