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Originally Posted by kellwolf The movement here right now is mostly due to pilots leaving for other airlines (both FOs going to other regionals/fractional/corporate and captains getting on with FedEx, SWA, etc), so there's not a lot of growth. |
I only know of 1 capt. that has left for SWA. and he was an AA furlough. We do have a quite of bit of guys going to jetblue (probably not the best of time for the right now), Continental, and Airtran (because on of our HR ladies, went to Citrus).
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Originally Posted by kellwolf The good thing about the Compass deal is we MIGHT get let out of our "NWA only" clause in the service agreement. If we can get that taken out, then we can pursue flying at other airlines. We might not be as cheap as regionals like Mesa, but our overhead is one of the lowest in the industry and we've got a better on-time and completion record than they do. So, hopefully that might make us a competitor down the road with some of their contracts. With United coming out of Ch 11 finally, they might be willing to pay a bit more green for a higher quality of service instead of lowest bidder, but who knows. |
I cant imagine we start flying for anyone else. No matter what the ASA says Daddy mainline likes having us by the balls. So I doubt we will be flying under any other name.
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Originally Posted by kellwolf I went with PCL because it was the best fit for me. If I could look down the road and see for sure what was gonna happen, I wouldn't be flying airplanes.  Worst case scenario-PCL shrinks and stays shrunk, best case-we get some more flying from other airlines and start growing again, absolute best case (i.e. not-gonna-happen-likely) we can underbid Compass and keep some of our flying. |
I dont know if we should ever be happy about underbidding anyone, but i know what you are saying. One thing we will never have to worry about is compass underbidding us. Considering they will mostly be mainline furloughs.
One rumor I heard was we will lose some 50 seat flying and get 70 seat flying. But in the end will end up with the same amount of planes maybe less. somwhere in the 110-125 range. only time will tell.
GOOD LUCK on your checkride, do you know who your examiner is goingto be?