Originally Posted by atash
I'll be out in Montana for an interview with Big Sky on the 25th. I hear there's a lot of good flying to be done in that part of the country, and I believe it - especially with so many nonprecision approaches.
Congratulations. Be careful though, they fly older MESA planes. I have a friend who works there and he says that maintenance is a little haphazard. Last month they got in trouble because a crew forgot to turn on the bleeds and the plane was flying in the 20's and people got sick. Apparently the warning indicator wasn't hooked up by maintenance. Yikes!
Non-precision and precision approaches are all fine and dandy, WHEN the equipment is working. Also, I guess they are going to be flying down in Ft. Lauderdale. Taking over some of Chalk Airlines routes for the next 2-3 years. Starting out with 1 plane then adding a few more.
I would still be concerned. Big Sky owned by MAIR who owns Mesaba. Mesaba is losing $3 million+ a month. If Mesaba goes under, MAIR may too, which forces sell off or closure of Big Sky. Ft. Lauderdale seems a little out of the way and out of business strategy for Big Sky. Not sure why they would consider that Ft. Lauderdale move.
Just some thoughts.
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