SpiceWeasel
Tre Kronor
Seriously, have your reps talk to the Southernjets reps and see how they do it.
Off the bat, two guys aren't nearly enough.
:laff: Two pilots is wayyyy to much over here.:laff:
Seriously, have your reps talk to the Southernjets reps and see how they do it.
Off the bat, two guys aren't nearly enough.
furloughs mean pilots on the streets, and that's never a good thing.
I would guess that management is keeping a close watch on Mesa's situation. If nothing happens with new flying in the first couple months of 09, I would expect us to furlough. Actually, I'd hope that we'd have a meaningful LOA program first.
Then again, there might not much flying to fight over except for United. US Airways might see it as a way to scale back their flying, and Delta's more or less already said the Mesa 50 seat flying is done.
If Mesa goes under, it's gonna be knife fight for that flying. I think every regional out there is looking at that flying like vultures circling a dying animal.
Then again, there might not much flying to fight over except for United. US Airways might see it as a way to scale back their flying, and Delta's more or less already said the Mesa 50 seat flying is done.
ASA and Skywest will be the only regionals in the industry with the staffing to pick up that flying immediately. Almost every other regional will have to recall, retrain, hire and/or pick up a new certificate for the 900.
I don't think they are going to call up Skywest or Comair one morning and say "Mesa just went under we need you to start flying these planes tomorrow morning."
It is a drawn out process. And I believe if MESA goes into BK court then the mainline carriers will start assigning stuff to get the ball rolling on the process. Most every regional out there besides XJT and the TProp operators are flying some sort of CRJ product and could have a training program in the works in real short order. From what I remember the 900 isn't a different type than the 200. All you need is the differences training. Correct?
Correct. The question is, how long does it take to create a training program, get it certified by the FAA, and then hire and train pilots to staff a fairly large amount of aircraft(30+ I believe). It seems like ASA's 900 differences program took forever to finish and there's no sim or groundschool even involved if you're qualified on the 700. It's a handout from what I've heard.
ASA and Skywest will be the only regionals in the industry with the staffing to pick up that flying immediately. Almost every other regional will have to recall, retrain, hire and/or pick up a new certificate for the 900.
You don't know how fat we are here at 9E. We've got lines down to 75-80 an hour for line holders and reserves are flying 20-30 hours a month. I've been a CA for 7 months, and I'm just now hitting the 250 TPIC mark. Believe it or not, we could handle some more flying.
So why wouldn't Comair be able to call back their several hundred furloughed pilots to take this flying? They have a 900 program set up? And you're also saying that ASA/SKW is fat by over 300 pilots? I don't think any regional furlough or not has enough pilots to staff an additional 30+ planes.
You don't know how fat we are here at 9E. We've got lines down to 75-80 an hour for line holders and reserves are flying 20-30 hours a month. I've been a CA for 7 months, and I'm just now hitting the 250 TPIC mark. Believe it or not, we could handle some more flying.
You don't know how fat we are here at 9E. We've got lines down to 75-80 an hour for line holders and reserves are flying 20-30 hours a month. I've been a CA for 7 months, and I'm just now hitting the 250 TPIC mark. Believe it or not, we could handle some more flying.