Meow1215

A westie keyboard warrior thinks they have claimed victory over the internet. Try and imagine what that means to me.

Tell you what sport, I’ll let you have a win - I’m sure the after glow will give you weeks of energy! Say whatever your hearts desire is, you get the last word.

brockenspectre

What it means is nobody cares about you or opinion. Maybe one day you will figure this out....until then, you will just get used as a form of entertainment for everyone.

flypilot

Not to change the subject... But any more updates on the 700 at ATW? Any AW maintenance guys in this forum that can give more info?

Escargot

I heard it kinda feel through, whatever that means, but I still have my hopes up. It's clear there's some money being pushed that way

fsxflyhigh

Now this is all through the rumor mill so take it with an molecule of salt (not even worth a grain if you ask me). Regular meetings about the 700 are still ongoing last I heard. One day I heard that two planes they were looking at leasing, one was way overdo for Mx and another was rotting in the desert so those kinda fell through. Although less than a week later we had a 700 on property so IDK.

Don't know the process/rules of getting an aircraft on the certificate but could N83EA just be a very short term lease while the company pursues a 700 they actually want to fly while still keeping the certification process going? I feel like if AWAC wants to set themselves in good position for any future 700 or 550 flying they need to be ready to go when things start to (hopefully) recover end of Q1 2021 once a decent number of people have the vaccine. Just my 2 cents on what have been a flood of rumors the past few months.

DarkSideMoon

Fell through how?

idlethrust

looks like gojet sold 21 crj550s to Skywest and then G7 leased them back.In addition, Skywest just signed a deal to fly an additional 20 CRJ 700s with AA .Meanwhile we get nothing. All of these missed opportunities . If they don’t start being proactive instead of reactive, more and more opportunities will be missed .If Skywest is that much cheaper than we are, we might be in trouble .
In addition, we could have bought G7, shut them down and immediately grew the company with new aircraft.
But, I digress. As time rages on, these 200 s are getting more and more worn out and worth a lot less each day.
It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out . Aw has always been able to pull a rabbit out of its ass in the 13th hour , but in these times it may be more difficult to accomplish.
Popcorn is poppin’.

Hedley

Not trying to rub salt in a wound or pick a fight, but what does Air Wisconsin have to offer or compete with? For what ever the reason, United decided that GoJet would fly the 550’s. Like you said, the 200’s are getting tired and Kirby has publicly put a bullseye on the 50 seaters. Since scope is maxed out for the 70/76 seaters and others are already operating those and the 550’s, what does an operator of only 50 seat planes have to compete with the other regionals? Do they return to pre-COVID levels, stay where they are now, or follow Expressjet into extinction? I think that we’ve hit bottom and are slowly climbing out. It should be interesting to see what UAL/UAX looks like post-COVID.

JediCheese

As you said, they're scoped out of 70/76 seaters. Only way to add more small flying is 50 seaters.

I thought the 550's were the future but that costs money vs flying the 200/145 until they are no longer economical to keep (and cash in the bank is the name of the game right now).

I think the 200/145 are around for another 5-10 years. They'll go the way of the turboprops eventually but hopefully none of us flying them now will be flying the last ones to the desert.

Finessed

Both Delta AND UNITED have claimed the 50 seater is dead, and this time I find it hard to believe they’re bluffing. Specific regional airlines management have been tight lipped, but something is going on behind the scenes and I think it’s based around the 175 taking over. I have no idea what happens to Air Wisconsin but history shows you guys always survive. I find it hard to believe it will be in a 200 for 5-10 years, IMO.