I heard there were similar discussions with NJA involving hours and customers. Don't recall anything said about aircraft. CA is allegedly trying to get out of the business before the target date, as in by the end of this year. Rumor or not, I would prepare for the worst case scenario if I worked there. In any case, best wishes to all involved.
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I heard there were similar discussions with NJA involving hours and customers. Don't recall anything said about aircraft. CA is allegedly trying to get out of the business before the target date, as in by the end of this year. Rumor or not, I would prepare for the worst case scenario if I worked there. In any case, best wishes to all involved.
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Any day now she will float again....
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/raisin...n-begins-to-salvage-stricken-liner-slideshow/
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9 planes = 85 recalls? You guys must staff heavy.
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I do not doubt this, but where is this official word coming from?
This is part of it. It was part of a letter released from the DAC Chairman.
"The new development is that we have also been working on a transaction to acquire Citation Air, which announced in 2012 that it was exiting the fractional ownership market once its existing agreements expire. Because Citation Air is only 20% of the size of Flight Options, we are not planning to integrate operations. Instead, we will continue to wind down the operations of Citation Air over 9 months by gradually transferring 19 of its aircraft to our fleet, taking over 200 customers of Citation Air and giving us an additional 12,000 hours of annual flying. Because we will not be hiring Citation Air?s pilots or integrating seniority lists, the new aircraft and flying will allow us to bring as many as 85 of our furloughed pilots back to work as well as providing upgrade opportunities to many of our active pilots. The transaction could close as early as October 1st."
"The new development is that we have also been working on a transaction to acquire Citation Air, which announced in 2012 that it was exiting the fractional ownership market once its existing agreements expire. Because Citation Air is only 20% of the size of Flight Options, we are not planning to integrate operations. Instead, we will continue to wind down the operations of Citation Air over 9 months by gradually transferring 19 of its aircraft to our fleet, taking over 200 customers of Citation Air and giving us an additional 12,000 hours of annual flying. Because we will not be hiring Citation Air?s pilots or integrating seniority lists, the new aircraft and flying will allow us to bring as many as 85 of our furloughed pilots back to work as well as providing upgrade opportunities to many of our active pilots. The transaction could close as early as October 1st."
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Are the pilots training them, or is CA paying for the FO pilots to go to flight safety?
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Oh please!!!
ROFLMAO.
What will be absolutely HILARIOUS to watch is that moment when a CitationAir customer learns that they can keep flying their aircraft but the pilot seats will now be filled by a totally different company with a TOTALLY different culture, operations philosophy, SOP set, SKILL SET, and pilots that have ZERO time in their aircraft. Oh JOY!
The giant sucking sound of customers leaving their contracts will be heard from Greenwich clear to Cuyahoga county buttfuch airport. Do you think CitationAir's current aircraft OWNERS / customers will stand for it?
Rude awakening in 3, 2, 1........
NJA Owner, what say you?
ROFLMAO.
What will be absolutely HILARIOUS to watch is that moment when a CitationAir customer learns that they can keep flying their aircraft but the pilot seats will now be filled by a totally different company with a TOTALLY different culture, operations philosophy, SOP set, SKILL SET, and pilots that have ZERO time in their aircraft. Oh JOY!
The giant sucking sound of customers leaving their contracts will be heard from Greenwich clear to Cuyahoga county buttfuch airport. Do you think CitationAir's current aircraft OWNERS / customers will stand for it?
Rude awakening in 3, 2, 1........
NJA Owner, what say you?
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Since you put it in capital letters, I am going to assume that you are saying that just because you work for CS and other's work at Options that you are the better pilot with superior flying skills?????
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1. Disengage Ego.
2. Lets talk facts.
Those that can afford to fly privately do so after exercising due diligence. When a customer is told their contract will now be flown by pilots with zero time in said aircraft, new company, different management, different SOP's, etc, - I dont know, if it were me, I'd re-think the entire deal. After all, I'd have the resources to choose my private lift provider, and it certainly would not BY DEFAULT be a company that I had not previously chosen. Get it?
Has nothing to do with EGO, everything to do with what the truth IS.
Make sense?
This is gonna be fun to watch.
Many of the Citationair owners (former) are already at Flops. So yes I think the owners will stand for it. There is only going to be 2 fractionals to pick from. DAC or NJA.
You make it sound like CA has some really sophisticated planes that only a "highly trained" CA pilot could fly.
Who has the ego?
QUOTE=C680;2429571]1. Disengage Ego.
2. Lets talk facts.
Those that can afford to fly privately do so after exercising due diligence. When a customer is told their contract will now be flown by pilots with zero time in said aircraft, new company, different management, different SOP's, etc, - I dont know, if it were me, I'd re-think the entire deal. After all, I'd have the resources to choose my private lift provider, and it certainly would not BY DEFAULT be a company that I had not previously chosen. Get it?
Has nothing to do with EGO, everything to do with what the truth IS.
Make sense?
This is gonna be fun to watch.[/QUOTE]
Who has the ego?
QUOTE=C680;2429571]1. Disengage Ego.
2. Lets talk facts.
Those that can afford to fly privately do so after exercising due diligence. When a customer is told their contract will now be flown by pilots with zero time in said aircraft, new company, different management, different SOP's, etc, - I dont know, if it were me, I'd re-think the entire deal. After all, I'd have the resources to choose my private lift provider, and it certainly would not BY DEFAULT be a company that I had not previously chosen. Get it?
Has nothing to do with EGO, everything to do with what the truth IS.
Make sense?
This is gonna be fun to watch.
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