Hmmm... You are asking a question that every employee of AWAC is asking.

Our stats used to be great at United as United Express. They are no longer great, but it is also known that many of the problems regarding our statistics are not our fault. We are not short staffed (yet) and we don't do any of our own ground handling.

The delays we endure are very rarely crew or company induced, except maintainance and every company has those issues.

AWAC upper management seems to be aware that things are not all that rosy at AWAC at the moment and seem to be trying some things which might result in this being a better company.

We are all a bit skeptical about it but the CEO in his recent presentation was asked a VERY important question. He was asked if the owners of the company are behind the improvement efforts and want to see the company grow and succeed long-term. The answer he gave was "Yes".

Ours is a privately held company and they keep their strategy very close to themselves. Often earthshaking announcements are the first the employees hear about what will happen. Rumors are complete BS at AWAC and if it is a rumor you can be pretty certain it won't happen.

They also admit that we will have to get larger aircraft sooner or later in order to be competitive. But their business approach is very different from most airlines in that they are not part of the 'Flavor of the Month' club when it comes to aircraft orders and product. They are long-term thinkers/investors and spend their money very conservatively. It has done them well over the years and AWAC has VERY deep pockets and a lot more influence in the industry than most people think, given the modest name and no-so-big size of the fleet or airplanes.

I think there is a future at AWAC, but what that future is is completely unclear. Your guess is as good as mine.

Right now we operate seventy 50-seat RJs. That could change tomorrow and that would be the first any of us would have heard of it.