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Old 05-05-2009 | 07:06 PM
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USMC3197
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All of you are at ASA or like me furloughed from ASA. Think about it... how often have we heard management say that ASA must expand to survive? How they keep comparing SKW's growing fleet of 700, 900 and EMB's to us not having more then 39 700s (at the time). Now that we have 10 900's there is no doubt they are looking for more. I agree it is a matter of when another deal will go down but I also think that we MAY not have to worry too much about it because it may take time for it to happen. By then, I hope attrition would save our butts. No matter how bad the market gets airlines will have attrition and if ASA keeps their head above the water on block hours then 80 ppl leaving ASA in a year or slightly more is not out of the question. Last June-Jan (the period where things started to get bad) my seniority number still went up about 21 people. Airtran has reported a 1st Q profit and has recalled all their guys. We know many ASA pilots move over there so if Airtran does hire again in the near future, we will see a few guys leave. I think sometimes as a group (including myself) we loose sleep by over analyzing things. As I said before, management thought this summer was going to be ASA's worst summer and now it's looking to be their best. Who knows what can happen come fall. As long as our brothers and sisters remember that we are furloughed they will remind company. From what I heard from other pilots is that line pilots have brought up the topic of furloughed guys coming back. So it is at least comforting to know that we are not forgotten.

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