Originally Posted by
Banshee365
That's a big negative. Personally I don't see ASA hiring anytime in the near future. Even a single recall before 2011 looks very unlikely. It's all we can do to keep from shrinking right now. DL has been consistantly offering us 2:1 900 for 200's but the company hasn't taken any because that just sets us up to shrink more. Taking the first 2:1 was a huge risk that luckily worked out with the United contract, although we still have 6 homes to find for 200's. Most will agree one of our biggest problems is we have way to many 50 seat airplanes that no one wants. Our goal, as I hear it from management, is to work towards flipping the fleet to mostly 65+ seat aircraft. That process is going to have some pretty painful times unfortunately.
With that said, we could somehow end up with some more airplanes from somewhere and things would be totally different staffing wise. The only thing certain is change.
not disagreeing with you, I decided to run some numbers on fleet makeup between ASA and SKW and 65+ seat aircraft. I used the fleet size numbers from APC.
ASA->159 total, 110 crj's- 69.2%, 39 cr7- 24.5%, 10 cr9 – 6.3%
SKW->280 total, 140 crj's- 50%, 65 cr7-23.2%, 19 cr9- 6.8%, Emb120- 20%
Is the planned increase in 2010 for SKW on the United or Delta side? The 65+ seat numbers are similar. I understand this isn't the only factor or the biggest picture, however.
Maybe the staffing picture at ASA would be slightly different going into 2010 if we didn't have a union hell-bent (seemingly) on pushing PBS over on the pilot group, and a pro company furlough coordinator bragging that "he would be picking up open time if he could, but his schedule doesn't permit it," and a company that has completely flip-flopped on what they consider efficient lines and a base for recalls (first 75, now 85). At least not being recalled by ASA will save everyone the trouble of the new sham health benefit program