Island Air shutting down
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Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Jeez, yikes! Long history, great Hawaiian airline. Sad to see it go 
adk
Steals Hotel Toilet Paper
Sorry to all the employees ... but to confirm flights are running normal schedule tomorrow, 10/10? Parents are in Kauai.
Cessnaflyer
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Oops, posted another one in general. It really sucks for these pilots. Most were there because they haven't got the call to Hawaiian yet.
SurferLucas
Southern Gentleman
Well, I hear that quite a few are coming to QX...and with the experience in it already are potentially going to be street Captains for us.
z987k
Well-Known Member
You have that many fos unqualified to upgrade?
SurferLucas
Southern Gentleman
1000hrs of qualifying time = upgrade right now
purpel
Well-Known Member
Same thing at OO as well. Hawaiian is re-opening their hiring window again to let island air people apply. Sounds like a sweet deal, preferential hiring from a low paying job to Hawaiian.
Skåning
Well-Known Member
You realize Hawaiian is a low paying job too. It'll be a pay cut for even 1st year FOs.
adk
Steals Hotel Toilet Paper
My parents rode on one of the last Island Air flights from Lihue to Honolulu and they told me the crew was absolutely fantastic - they knew it was their last day working but they finished with their heads held high ...good luck and best wishes to all the staff affected!
purpel
Well-Known Member
Well no job is worse than turning down a low paying 1st year pay. Hawaiian actually pays pretty good second year. It's a more then generous offer.
Lol the second year at Hawaiian is almost just as much as island air's top CA pay. Hawaiian is is not a low paying job.
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/legacy/hawaiian_airlines
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Probably nobody really. They were up to about 36 flights a day total I think, but the loads were very low. They went from a 37 seat airplane to a 69 seat airplane to a 74 (I think?) seat airplane in a matter of 2 years, while Hawaiian and Mokulele were also expanding their coverage, but not changing their product. It's very difficult to fill twice the number of seats when your competition is growing to cover any market growth (of which there was certainly some) at the same time.
I would guess that there will be a small uptick in the number of passengers on the other interisland carriers, but 2000 pax a day, spread between 5 destinations, isn't really enough for another carrier to commit resources for. If QX wasn't hurting for staffing so much I could see Alaska putting a few Qs out here but again, that's a really big airplane to fill up with not a lot of people. Southwest may see this an an opportunity, but again, flights out here attract passengers on frequency and it's hard to fill up a 150 seat plane at only a specific time of day.
alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
We are currently in ch 11 and I’m sorry to hear this. At least everyone is hiring these days.
ComplexHiAv8r
Well-Known Member
So the OO rumor has a chance!
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Dexter
Hop off there, Blonde Ambition Tour
So the OO rumor has a chance!
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It's a little bit messed up how eager skywest guys are to crawl over the backs of guys who just lost their jobs so they can take their flying.
Ayork62493
GBR
Pretty certain he's kidding, sheathe the pitchfork. While there may be some guys like that, I'll go out and say that 95% of the pilot group here is well aware of what management is doing to certain airlines and how their actions are affecting other pilots.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
You talk like Skywest undercut island air and forced their bankruptcy. You can’t even peg this one on OO management much less the line pilots.