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Ameriflight, Africa and I think a few even went to Russia a few years back. It sure looks like the mighty Bro is slowly flying West into the sunset. I would guess they will be around for a couple of years still, but on a ever shrinking basis.
 
Lee D said:
Ameriflight, Africa and I think a few even went to Russia a few years back. It sure looks like the mighty Bro is slowly flying West into the sunset. I would guess they will be around for a couple of years still, but on a ever shrinking basis.
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I sort of doubt it. To me, there's a critical mass below which having the program at all doesn't make sense, and the rumors that are flying thick around LAX all seem to say it'll be gone sooner than "a couple of years."
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I sort of doubt it. To me, there's a critical mass below which having the program at all doesn't make sense, and the rumors that are flying thick around LAX all seem to say it'll be gone sooner than "a couple of years."
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Yep. The number I heard is 25, is that truly it?
 
elmetal said:
Yep. The number I heard is 25, is that truly it?
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There's not a hard number (that I know of) batted around, but the fact that they were big on moving up everyone's recurrent this year should raise eyebrows.

LAX is down to 15 (!) crews, and that includes most all the simulator workforce on the Captain side.
 
Autothrust Blue said:


There's not a hard number (that I know of) batted around, but the fact that they were big on moving up everyone's recurrent this year should raise eyebrows.

LAX is down to 15 (!) crews, and that includes most all the simulator workforce on the Captain side.
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Damn. Were down to about 26 in Fresno after we just lost 4 FOs to the 175 on Oct 6th
 
Lee D said:
Ameriflight, Africa and I think a few even went to Russia a few years back. It sure looks like the mighty Bro is slowly flying West into the sunset. I would guess they will be around for a couple of years still, but on a ever shrinking basis.
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@elmetal, think this may be why AMF is hiring FO's lately?
 
elmetal said:
Damn. Were down to about 26 in Fresno after we just lost 4 FOs to the 175 on Oct 6th
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We've got at least two FOs departing the airplane in November in LAX for the BroBus. At least one or two Captains are leaving the Brasilia workforce too. I think it's taking care of itself. I just wonder if I'll get called in training to do repos to the boneyard/Amflight. ;)
 
Autothrust Blue said:
We've got at least two FOs departing the airplane in November in LAX for the BroBus. At least one or two Captains are leaving the Brasilia workforce too. I think it's taking care of itself. I just wonder if I'll get called in training to do repos to the boneyard/Amflight. ;)
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I do hope they find a new life, and not to the desert. Of course, even better would have been to fly the be-18 at AMF...
 
Autothrust Blue said:
We've got at least two FOs departing the airplane in November in LAX for the BroBus. At least one or two Captains are leaving the Brasilia workforce too. I think it's taking care of itself. I just wonder if I'll get called in training to do repos to the boneyard/Amflight. ;)
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Everts flies the -120. So does Siver and a whole slew of freight outfits.
 
Lee D said:
Ameriflight, Africa and I think a few even went to Russia a few years back. It sure looks like the mighty Bro is slowly flying West into the sunset. I would guess they will be around for a couple of years still, but on a ever shrinking basis.
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We could use two maybe three as cargo ops in SLC now. I doubt AMF will buy another one again.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I sort of doubt it. To me, there's a critical mass below which having the program at all doesn't make sense, and the rumors that are flying thick around LAX all seem to say it'll be gone sooner than "a couple of years."
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Yeah the whole economies of scale thing. I may not fly her, but I don't want her to go away yet.

I might be experiencing a bit of denial. :) For all of the years I was on it there were always rumors about it dying and going away yet somehow they never really happened. That being said I've been away from her for 3 years now, so I'm not as in tune to the rumors and pulse of the Bro community. I've been talking to a couple of buddies that are still on it in SLC and they reflect what you are feeling too. I sure hate to see it go.
 
Lee D said:
Yeah the whole economies of scale thing. I may not fly her, but I don't want her to go away yet.

I might be experiencing a bit of denial. :) For all of the years I was on it there were always rumors about it dying and going away yet somehow they never really happened. That being said I've been away from her for 3 years now, so I'm not as in tune to the rumors and pulse of the Bro community. I've been talking to a couple of buddies that are still on it in SLC and they reflect what you are feeling too. I sure hate to see it go.
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It is the airplane that has been two years from going away since we got it, but this time I think it's for real.

I mean, how are people going to get to ACV, RDD and the like? Once a day on the jet to a farther-away place?
 
Autothrust Blue said:
It is the airplane that has been two years from going away since we got it, but this time I think it's for real.

I mean, how are people going to get to ACV, RDD and the like? Once a day on the jet to a farther-away place?
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I heard acv isn't going away (from SFO). What's going away is the Smf-acv-cec triangle.

Redding is supposedly getting jet service from LAX per the rampers.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
It is the airplane that has been two years from going away since we got it, but this time I think it's for real.

I mean, how are people going to get to ACV, RDD and the like? Once a day on the jet to a farther-away place?
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No clue.
 
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