AQ shuts down Cargo
04-28-2008 | 07:09 PM
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AQ shuts down Cargo
The last chapter in a sad story?
Wonder what the FedEx contingency plan is for this.....pretty sure AQ moves a LOT of FDX freight interisland.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...ING03/80428053
Wonder what the FedEx contingency plan is for this.....pretty sure AQ moves a LOT of FDX freight interisland.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...ING03/80428053
04-28-2008 | 08:16 PM
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The last chapter in a sad story?
Wonder what the FedEx contingency plan is for this.....pretty sure AQ moves a LOT of FDX freight interisland.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...ING03/80428053
Wonder what the FedEx contingency plan is for this.....pretty sure AQ moves a LOT of FDX freight interisland.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...ING03/80428053
Aloha flew freight for FedEx, UPS, DHL and the US Post office. All outer island mail was carried on them. Yes, all of it, most perishables were also carried on them as well.
They are not, however, the only way we got our freight to/from HNL. The city I live in ships it's FedEx stuff on several caravan's. Aloha operated late at night out of Kona. Offhand, I'll bet the ITO-HNL MD-11 shuttle will be a lot more heavy in the next few days.
04-29-2008 | 05:23 AM
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Another sad day in da islands bruddah.
I know alot of guys at Aloha, Hawaiian and with the HIANG.
I bet man-days are going to be pretty scarce in that unit.
Best wishes to all those Aloha pilots --- I know many of them will now be facing big decisions on whether to stay in the airline industry and/or stay in the islands.
I know alot of guys at Aloha, Hawaiian and with the HIANG.
I bet man-days are going to be pretty scarce in that unit.
Best wishes to all those Aloha pilots --- I know many of them will now be facing big decisions on whether to stay in the airline industry and/or stay in the islands.
05-01-2008 | 03:57 PM
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Passed through HNL on the way to MEM for cmv-2. The stuff that isn't going on the caravan's is being sent to Trans-states for shipment. The Postal service had already made contigency plans in the event Aloha ceased ops asnd implimented them.
Interestingly, yesterdays West Hawaii Today reported that now that Aloha Cargo is pau, the parent of Young Brothers (the inter-island barge company), may buy them after all... seems they think there's no contract now and they can hire at 50 cents on the dollar as they do with their Alaska cargo operation.
As it tuns out, Aloha didn't lay a soul off when they shut down, not the passenger ops nor the cargo ops -- they fired them all. That's a lot of what the lawsuits were about.
Interestingly, yesterdays West Hawaii Today reported that now that Aloha Cargo is pau, the parent of Young Brothers (the inter-island barge company), may buy them after all... seems they think there's no contract now and they can hire at 50 cents on the dollar as they do with their Alaska cargo operation.
As it tuns out, Aloha didn't lay a soul off when they shut down, not the passenger ops nor the cargo ops -- they fired them all. That's a lot of what the lawsuits were about.
05-01-2008 | 05:11 PM
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05-01-2008 | 09:28 PM
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The devil's in the details as usual. The Advertiser's article did say they were going to be re-hired, didn't say that they would be brought back in at the their previous (already suppressed level from the last bankruptcy) wage level or that they'd be assuming the Aloha CBA. The article from the Advertiser and WHT are not incompatible. The parent of Young Brother's may still be planning on hiring at 50 cents on the dollar.
I don't normally see conspiracies around every corner, but this is just a bit too convenient for David Banmiller and company. They get the sale they wanted, GMAC gets more money than selling the thunder guppies (for parts???) and also gets to look like they're really good guys and no one has to live up to their agreements.
I don't normally see conspiracies around every corner, but this is just a bit too convenient for David Banmiller and company. They get the sale they wanted, GMAC gets more money than selling the thunder guppies (for parts???) and also gets to look like they're really good guys and no one has to live up to their agreements.
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05-01-2008 | 11:07 PM
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The parent company is Saltchuk from SEA. The just so happen to also own Northern Air Cargo (NAC) in ANC. My buddy is a capt with them and said a couple of pilots got called to move a 73 from ANC to HNL to sit standby for a few weeks.
I wonder if Saltchuk would want move NAC in and hire them under the NAC cerfiticate?
I wonder if Saltchuk would want move NAC in and hire them under the NAC cerfiticate?
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