Awac has been going out of business “soon” since the 2005 debacle with United. I don’t know how many lives they have, but they have more than the standard 9 lives a cat has. I was there. I lived it. I would say that as opportunities present themselves at majors/legacies/LCCs, you pursue them. You take them. Move onward and upward. The environment at AWAC or AWA or whatever they’re calling it now is arguably toxic.

I remember flying with people saying “I literally can’t afford to leave, and our insurance is the best, and our 401k, and trip touching, etc.”

Fast forward to present day and those old dawgs are still barking the same bark. I am positive of that. I text with one of them. Good luck to all of you—truly mean that, but eventually some of these guys on here are correct. Air Wisconsin will eventually run out of chapters to continue to write their story.

Edit (fun fact): I’ll also add that while you’re at ZW you are led to believe that you’re an integral part of our aerospace commerce in this country. False. You’re a niche operator in niche markets and the fact of the matter is, many people don’t even know who ZW is. When I tell them where I came from. I usually have to explain it. Then they say “oh, so a regional like Endeavor.”