Wisconsin loves Midwest Airlines

[Kharma Police]

Looks like Air Wisconsin is secretly making a hostile bid for Midwest to me. You guys in ATL better wake up or this airline is gonna get bought right out from under you.[/quote]


I hope AWAC buys them. The fine people of Milwaukee don't seem to be excited about the idea of our merger, maybe another company from Wisconsin will be more palatable. The only thing we have in common with Midwest is we use the same Boeing red-headed stepchild airplanes. Maybe AWAC RJs, will be a better fit with the Midwest business model.

 

[crashpad]

If AirWisco thinks it can play with the Big Boys simply because they bought some jobs with USAir, they are drunk on Linenkugle!
AirWisco is the posterchild for all that is wrong with this industry: Draconian work environment, atrocious customer service, crappy little airplanes which last had a deep-cleaning, ah.....NEVER!
Pathetic attempt to self inflate, just pathetic!

 

[Morning Wood]

The wierd part of this is that Skywest pilots and other employees are probably more expensive then Skyway. If you look at the Skyway contract and the 50-seat rates that are in it, coupled with Skyway's low per-diem the Skyway pilots (and other employees I'm guessing) would have been cheaper. I know that employee cost is just part of it but how often do you hear of a pilot group being passed over for a subcontractor with more expensive labor? MEH management is just lazy and uncomfortable with any risk, they did the easiest thing possible and left themselves an "out" in 5 years because they don't have confidence in their own abilities. MEH will go nowhere if left on it's own, they spend all of their time worrying aout the product (which is important don't get me wrong) and no effort on growth and strategic development. They have spent 22 years to get to 38 mainline planes and a shrinking regional carrier that they underutilize.

The community loves the product and in their eyes Midwest can do no wrong, even when they DO wrong. Me, I'm for Airtran, I believe that in the long run it's the best thing and the customers will still fly the planes as long as the non-stops remain.

Skyway 50 seat rates? Okay, there's no airplanes on property or on order. No pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, or flight attendant trained. Exactly how do any of you think Skyway would be able to put airplanes on line in 4 months?

 

[appendix]

Skyway 50 seat rates? Okay, there's no airplanes on property or on order. No pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, or flight attendant trained. Exactly how do any of you think Skyway would be able to put airplanes on line in 4 months?

Why 4 months?.....this RFP has been brewing since April 06, that will be May 07 until SkyWaste gets here. In 12 months MEH could have had Skyway up and running with 50 seaters...even with $5 million start up costs....we're on food stamps FCOL!

If it was not for AirTran putting pressure, MEH would still be scratching their &^&^% trying to figure out which consulting firm they should hire to have meeting about cookies and RFPs!

Me, I'm for AirTran!

 

[Morning Wood]

Why 4 months?.....this RFP has been brewing since April 06, that will be May 07 until SkyWaste gets here. In 12 months MEH could have had Skyway up and running with 50 seaters...even with $5 million start up costs....we're on food stamps FCOL!

If it was not for AirTran putting pressure, MEH would still be scratching their &^&^% trying to figure out which consulting firm they should hire to have meeting about cookies and RFPs!

Me, I'm for AirTran!

Well let's see. It's December now and the flying starts in April. 4 months. Unless MEH had awarded Skyway the flying in April 06, there's no way they would have been able to get all the pieces in place to make it happen.

 

[pilotmyf]

Well let's see. It's December now and the flying starts in April. 4 months. Unless MEH had awarded Skyway the flying in April 06, there's no way they would have been able to get all the pieces in place to make it happen.

Midwest should have hired this numbnuts for consulting, he's got all the answers.

 

[Morning Wood]

Midwest should have hired this numbnuts for consulting, he's got all the answers.

No numbnuts, maybe you should reread my post. You'd see it was in response to the person who asked how I came up with 4 months. Or better yet, ask MEH or your own company why it took 8 months for the RFP to be awarded.