System awards at CJC

Rocketman99 said:
We actually tried that once a couple years ago and supposedly United went through the roof about it. Apparently Saabs are not worthy of the "highly coveted" Star Alliance paintjobs.
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What was interesting about it is that it was painted Star Alliance but had no lettering on it...so it was basically just a white Saab.
 
Fair enough then. IT was something that I though of back when CAL was doing the swapover, that I figured would all work out but apparently egos got in the way.
 
I hadn't seen a "Q" up-close until last week when we had to repo a "turd" from the terminal to the hangar. I was somewhat underwhelmed by how dirty looking the airplane was, and in the cockpit the Captain's seat looked like someone's Great Dane used to for a chew toy. Very roomy cockpit, but not that much more than the SAAB which I find to be quite comfortable.
Latest and greatest rumor that I have heard is that we will be starting AVL and FAY April 1st and manning a spare in the UEX system out of IAD. Heard rumblings of a BOS base, but not sure how that will work with the system being really disjointed when you throw in the BDL and DCA flying that doesn't go thru a Colgan "hub". According to M.H. though as far as he was concerned they weren't going to close anymore out-stations and 3 weeks later TYR closed. I don't attribute that to M.H. though, whom I believe is a straight-shooter. Base closures are above his paygrade.
If any of you EWR guys see K.H. tell him it's about frickin' time you got in the left-seat and also extend a hearty and deserved congratulations!

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorhead
 
Some of the Q's are dirty, but I would say for the most part they are kept pretty clean. When I transitioned from the Saab I was amazed that cleaners came on the plane every time we pulled into the gate at EWR. The outside usually gets cleaned as the plane rotates through ALB. When I was based in ALB it was nice picking up a freshly cleaned Q every morning. For the most part the cleaners did a good job. With the high utilization i'd say its pretty hard to keep them shined up.

Looks like Plattsburgh out of BOS soon as well for the Saab.

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11890360
 
brewpilot said:
Ya its C.O. you can look on the August Pref award under forms and his Emp numbers there. Also looks like the Q is going to CYQM starting on the 18th of Feb. What the heck is up there?
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Im sad that you guys are getting YQM. One of my FAVORITE overnights ever. In the summer/spring the weather is fabulous. We did a 30 something hour overnight there. Lots of great pubs, good food choices and a hell of a a trail to run on. I did probably 200+ miles of marathon training up there. Gonna suck if its only a standup for you guys.
 
triple7 said:
Im sad that you guys are getting YQM. One of my FAVORITE overnights ever. In the summer/spring the weather is fabulous. We did a 30 something hour overnight there. Lots of great pubs, good food choices and a hell of a a trail to run on. I did probably 200+ miles of marathon training up there. Gonna suck if its only a standup for you guys.
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Yeah its a standup, but I think its only temp. I am sure yall will get it back this summer
 
triple7 said:
Im sad that you guys are getting YQM. One of my FAVORITE overnights ever. In the summer/spring the weather is fabulous. We did a 30 something hour overnight there. Lots of great pubs, good food choices and a hell of a a trail to run on. I did probably 200+ miles of marathon training up there. Gonna suck if its only a standup for you guys.
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Too bad for them...Kinda like YUL and YYZ. I think (or at least before) they only stayed at the airport hotels with short overnights. When your in a cool city but have 747's going overhead all night long...Doin the Colgan.
 
Baronman said:
Too bad for them...Kinda like YUL and YYZ. I think (or at least before) they only stayed at the airport hotels with short overnights. When your in a cool city but have 747's going overhead all night long...Doin the Colgan.
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YQM and YUL just changed to 30 hour overnights, and we are working on hotels downtown, we have a few suggestions from some people. The question is what is safer, a standup to Canada when you have to clear customs both ways (means even less sleep), or a 30 hour overnight which switches from a night show to a morning show...... Me personally I'll take the pm to am switch over a standup to Canada, if it were anywhere else I'd take the standup, I love the commutability.
 
Cruise said:
First page only goes to #53. So, is your question who is the last guy on page 1....or who is #99?
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I think he means on the new bid award it shows to pilots that's numbers started with a 9, does that mean they were hired in 2009?
 
triple7 said:
Im sad that you guys are getting YQM. One of my FAVORITE overnights ever. In the summer/spring the weather is fabulous. We did a 30 something hour overnight there. Lots of great pubs, good food choices and a hell of a a trail to run on. I did probably 200+ miles of marathon training up there. Gonna suck if its only a standup for you guys.
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YQM is a popular layover for us at Jazz too. We used to be at the Delta which was a little nicer than the Crowne (I see some xjet guys at the crowne in the morning quite often, I didn't know ASA flew to YQM too). The downtown area is small, but the pubs are great, especially on a nice summers day. The Pump House usually has a few Jazz guys hanging around, drinking some of that awesome blueberry beer.
 
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