BankAngle09

I was told once by a wise man, that if you hear it from a pilot, its crap. 9% is a more reasonable number for the dead time of Sept.... having all 50 seaters will hurt em

s10an

I know its a over-the-top rumor. That is why I rtied to make i clear that it was just that... A rumor.

BlueSkiesAhead

Somewhere between 9-13% is what I keep hearing....but 50%??? I haven't heard anything like that, but these days I guess you never know. I certainly hope that's just a ridiculous rumor.

SAABaroowski

were all doomed..................................

IADBLRJ41

The union is going to ATW tomorrow to work on some sorta plan to help keep the numbers down. COLA's and line sharing.. Who knows but 9% is about 70 guys in my math.

captchris

We will lose about 9% of our flying, along with all the other USAirways Express carriers. No big deal, if we furlough it'd be somewhere between 30-65 pilots. We are in the midst of this UAL RFP and things are going well with that.

As for losing 50% of our flying... NOT TRUE. We are losing some of our flying, but not 50%. This is a typical cut back for this time of year, the exception is we won't bounce back as we normally due after Sept.

We are simply feeling the pain of everyone else in the industry. Best of luck to everyone.

IADBLRJ41

One other point to make on the AWAC flying... It will depend on the price of oil.. Contract or no contract if it is more cost effective to pay AWAC to park planes than fly them; AWAC will park. So if we hit the 13% reduction and Airways wants more CRJ's parked it will happen. Seeing how the price of oil has changed this summer I would say we will see more than 9%.
Money talks in this business

G-Dog

This is from the 1Q web-cast:

Granted that from the 1Q, but that is the last published account on this matter.

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SharkyBN584

Common sense gets in the way again.

I heard that Air Wisky was going to lose 75% of it's US flying, buy buses that run on Natural Gas, and do the DCA-LGA shuttle outta the closest Greyhound station.

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fosters

It would probably be quicker than taking a plane.