Another Beech headed

I love the Beech but i hate the Maine weather. Sorry, gotta pass. I'd FO for you guys on the side during the summer if we could keep it off the books *wink*.

Hey Seggy, I'll work on the old "caps". I'm just a LAZY writer. (I was getting better for a while anyhow.)
 
Cruise said:
I give it 3....maybe 4 years and the Saab will be going the way of the Beech. We're going to be an all Dash fleet w/in that time frame.

You've heard it here first! :panic:


Well, that's MY opinion anyway. We'll see how it plays out......Only time will tell. :hiya:
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Oh- it's fact.

Trenary/Hunt talked about going to one fleet type within the next five years on the 3rd Quarter Earnings Conference Call.
 
OldTownPilot said:
LVV (152) is broken in BHB today. Something about a fuel valve.
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That's the same problem N171CJ had. It was a fuel valve on the right side. They sent HYA mx up to work on it all day and they couldn't fix it so they repoed it out last night to ALB. I think they finally got it to BOS this morning. I showed up at 5:00 am to pull a Beech out of the hanger and there was no Beech.
 
beechpilot said:
That's the same problem N171CJ had. It was a fuel valve on the right side. They sent HYA mx up to work on it all day and they couldn't fix it so they repoed it out last night to ALB. I think they finally got it to BOS this morning. I showed up at 5:00 am to pull a Beech out of the hanger and there was no Beech.
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Yep, #2 fuel valve. The plane is still sitting here. LM (the Columbia Mech.) has been working on it off and on. Havent seen anyone else up here.
 
OldTownPilot said:
Yep, #2 fuel valve. The plane is still sitting here. LM (the Columbia Mech.) has been working on it off and on. Havent seen anyone else up here.
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You know, the FO over in BHB today is from AUG and he was on duty yesterday when the Beech was broke. Those pilots sat all day (5 or so in the morning till 4pm) too. :banghead:
 
My new theory.

The Beeches won't be at Colgan past May. I betchya Cape Air takes over our EAS contracts out of AUG, RKD, and BHB.

They are going to outsource the lease returns to Telford up in BGR and Colgan will be done with them. They announced yesterday they are closing the HYA Mx and crew base come Feb. 4th.


Since January 1st the Beech crews are only flying about 20% of our scheduled flights. Everything else has gone mechanical.
 
Seggy said:
My new theory.

The Beeches won't be at Colgan past May. I betchya Cape Air takes over our EAS contracts out of AUG, RKD, and BHB.

They are going to outsource the lease returns to Telford up in BGR and Colgan will be done with them. They announced yesterday they are closing the HYA Mx and crew base come Feb. 4th.


Since January 1st the Beech crews are only flying about 20% of our scheduled flights. Everything else has gone mechanical.
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Closing HYA isn't a huge surprise. Even though they had Saab crews there the mx was almost exclusively on the 1900.
 
Seggy said:
They announced yesterday they are closing the HYA Mx and crew base come Feb. 4th.
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HYA is closing already? That's currently our biggest crew base on the beech. What are they going to do with all of us? I didn't even bother bidding for next month so I guess I'm baseless.

It looks like we're scheduled to fly together tomorrow, see ya in PVD.
 
OldTownPilot said:
Joe & andy: Mark and I are going to buy 60 and 171 and restart Bar Harbor Airlines in the Fall when Colgan finally dumps the Beech. You guys want in? I got the loan, and called dibs on #1 on the list once I get my ratings. Mark is #2 and the CP. Joe, you can be #3 and Andy will be the FO.
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Oooo ooo! Can I be the Director of Maintenance?:hiya::hiya::D
 
I could get this into a little scam. Get someone to do a non-flying job for free, and then 'give' them time in the right seat if they have a multi-comm. I'm liking this idea.:D
 
Seggy said:
My new theory.

The Beeches won't be at Colgan past May. I betchya Cape Air takes over our EAS contracts out of AUG, RKD, and BHB.

They are going to outsource the lease returns to Telford up in BGR and Colgan will be done with them. They announced yesterday they are closing the HYA Mx and crew base come Feb. 4th.


Since January 1st the Beech crews are only flying about 20% of our scheduled flights. Everything else has gone mechanical.
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This theory may not be that far off. I heard today that Cape Air has aquired some of the EAS contracts that Big Sky had.
 
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