Great Lakes to rise from the ashes?
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Bandit_Driver
Gold Member
135 regs dictates the type of aircraft that can be used. 121 is even more restrictive
hook_dupin
Well-Known Member
As do the EAS deals with the DOT. Still, there are likely cheaper ways to do business than using a B-1900
Hiboglossi
The Most Depressing Person
Maybe whoever is lending Great Lakes more money would be willing to offer you a loan.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
Good grief, at least pick something that they made more than 800 of and hasn't been out of production for 30 years.
That's better. Though you need moar horsepower unless you want to lose a plane load of EAS pax every couple years in an icing related crash.
FloridaLarry
Well-Known Member
Roger Roger said (in part):
They made 695 of those sturdy little critters (Cs and Ds) over a 20 year production run ending in 2002. Only the Czech LET 410 series has more, 1,138 over a 42 year time span, and you can still get a new one. Fewer BAE Jetstreams, Metroliners, Bandierantes, etc. The market for that size aircraft is only just so big, even adding together PAX, freight, checks, military variants, and including Pet Airways and their pawsengers.
GLA's only fatal was a runway collision at a non-towered airport in Quincy, IL in 1996. A GLA 1900-C was landing, and a King Air was taking off on an intersecting runway. NTSB blamed the King Air; loss of life was due to fire (which led to new ARFF requirements for small airports with scheduled passenger service) and no one being able to open the door and escape from the Beech. No icing involved.
They made 695 of those sturdy little critters (Cs and Ds) over a 20 year production run ending in 2002. Only the Czech LET 410 series has more, 1,138 over a 42 year time span, and you can still get a new one. Fewer BAE Jetstreams, Metroliners, Bandierantes, etc. The market for that size aircraft is only just so big, even adding together PAX, freight, checks, military variants, and including Pet Airways and their pawsengers.
GLA's only fatal was a runway collision at a non-towered airport in Quincy, IL in 1996. A GLA 1900-C was landing, and a King Air was taking off on an intersecting runway. NTSB blamed the King Air; loss of life was due to fire (which led to new ARFF requirements for small airports with scheduled passenger service) and no one being able to open the door and escape from the Beech. No icing involved.
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NewYorkophile
Fly Casual
Just confirmed the rumors with a GLA CA...pay raises across the board.
$32/hr for 1900 p135 CA
$21-22/hr for p135 FO
https://greatlakesairlines-openhire...d1=36313&parent=Flight Operations&startflag=2
$32/hr for 1900 p135 CA
$21-22/hr for p135 FO
https://greatlakesairlines-openhire...d1=36313&parent=Flight Operations&startflag=2
gotWXdagain
Polished Member
How does that rank with other regionals?
eightballfreight
Mission accomplished
Wow, 27.50 to start for ATP FOs. That is aggressive, but the lack of pay during training still shows they aren't that serious. Who can go a month or two on zero dollars.
CoffeeIcePapers
Well-Hung Member
That captain pay is extremely low.
Tommay85
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HVYMETALDRVR
Well-Known Member
I'm thinking bolt-cutters and a reenactment of airplane REPO, no checks required.
ComplexHiAv8r
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XJT didn't pay during training....3 months.....eightballfreight said:
Ajax
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Xjt does pay during training, hardly anything but they do now at least
Inverted
mmmmmm wine
I make more than double that as an FO on a small jet. Very very sad to see a CA paid that little.
