Air Transport International closing doors?
05-22-2014, 10:32 AM
#143
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Originally Posted by Larry in TN
Hasn't most of the blue pain peeled off by now?
I'm surprised at 316CM. The breakdown will probably be 761CX and maybe 791AX left when all said and done? Last I knew 791AX was in ATSG storage anyway and ATI could use it only when absolutely necessary. I figured it would have been 761CX and 316CM personally, you know one of each..... but that probably makes to much sense.
05-23-2014, 09:16 PM
#144
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Originally Posted by wetpish
The way ATI recall of ABX pilots so that ABX could get new hires then put all the ABX/ATI guys on the street. Followed by APA1224's failure to take any action in the disgracegul matter. It would be appropriate for the Union to negotiate an extension of recall rights for pilots who passed up recall opportunities while locked in by the ATI recall.
Based on past experience, I do not expect the Union to take any action or expend any negotiating capital to help their furloughed brothers.
Based on past experience, I do not expect the Union to take any action or expend any negotiating capital to help their furloughed brothers.
An old-school union guy "from back in the day" would shake his head and walk away at some of the stuff that goes on in this business today, especially at the ACMI carriers. The very things that ALPA was chartered to protect against are now considered de rigueur.
MEC's in a bidding war against each other for the same flying, same carrier, same airplanes, same domicile, and same schedules? Allowing companies to stack seniority lists in order to flush certain pilot groups? YGTBSM! <shakes head and walks away>
05-25-2014, 05:06 AM
#145
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Originally Posted by Whistlin' Dan
ALPA is not a union, it's an "association." It says so right on it's masthead - "Air Line Pilots Association" Once you wrap your head around the fact that it's not a union, everything else they do (and don't do) begins to fall into place.
An old-school union guy "from back in the day" would shake his head and walk away at some of the stuff that goes on in this business today, especially at the ACMI carriers. The very things that ALPA was chartered to protect against are now considered de rigueur.
MEC's in a bidding war against each other for the same flying, same carrier, same airplanes, same domicile, and same schedules? Allowing companies to stack seniority lists in order to flush certain pilot groups? YGTBSM! <shakes head and walks away>
An old-school union guy "from back in the day" would shake his head and walk away at some of the stuff that goes on in this business today, especially at the ACMI carriers. The very things that ALPA was chartered to protect against are now considered de rigueur.
MEC's in a bidding war against each other for the same flying, same carrier, same airplanes, same domicile, and same schedules? Allowing companies to stack seniority lists in order to flush certain pilot groups? YGTBSM! <shakes head and walks away>
05-26-2014, 04:58 PM
#146
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Amerijet starting a freight hub sort
Rickenbacker lands new weekly cargo flights from Amerijet International
Evan Weese
Columbus Business First
Rickenbacker International Airport will serve as a cargo hub for Amerijet International Inc. in what airport officials tout as a major victory for the region.
The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based transportation provider signed a lease for a 20,000-square-foot warehouse just off the Rickenbacker tarmac.
“We’ll have the airplane within 100 feet from the facility,” said Pamela Rollins, senior vice president of business development for Amerijet. “(Columbus) is a growing area, centrally located, there’s manufacturing and distribution here.”
Starting July 7, Amerijet will run five weekly flights using Boeing 767 freighters between Reno, Nev., and Rickenbacker, then truck cargo shipments to end destinations such as Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Newark, N.J., all within one to one-and-a-half days. Planes heading back to Reno ultimately will feed Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
The “air-freight” arrangement is a model that’s been lost in Wilmington, when DHL pulled out and wiped out nearly 9,000 jobs in 2008, and most recently in Toledo, where BAX Global closed operations in 2011.
David Whitaker, vice president of business development for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, believes Amerijet and Rickenbacker will make it work. The company has balanced air and ground transportation by establishing two key air cargo hubs that connect to multiple end destinations. Whereas, in the past, others have overextended with the number of air hubs, Whitaker said.
“We think it’s a dynamic game plan. It has the right amount of flying. (Most others) want to do that with planes in every city, (but) this is selective,” Whitaker told me. “For those reasons we think it’s a winner.”
The service lends itself to shipping perishables and pharmaceuticals, Amerijet said, because the cargo moves relatively quickly and Amerijet employs temperature-controlled containers.
Evan Weese
Columbus Business First
Rickenbacker International Airport will serve as a cargo hub for Amerijet International Inc. in what airport officials tout as a major victory for the region.
The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based transportation provider signed a lease for a 20,000-square-foot warehouse just off the Rickenbacker tarmac.
“We’ll have the airplane within 100 feet from the facility,” said Pamela Rollins, senior vice president of business development for Amerijet. “(Columbus) is a growing area, centrally located, there’s manufacturing and distribution here.”
Starting July 7, Amerijet will run five weekly flights using Boeing 767 freighters between Reno, Nev., and Rickenbacker, then truck cargo shipments to end destinations such as Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Newark, N.J., all within one to one-and-a-half days. Planes heading back to Reno ultimately will feed Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
The “air-freight” arrangement is a model that’s been lost in Wilmington, when DHL pulled out and wiped out nearly 9,000 jobs in 2008, and most recently in Toledo, where BAX Global closed operations in 2011.
David Whitaker, vice president of business development for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, believes Amerijet and Rickenbacker will make it work. The company has balanced air and ground transportation by establishing two key air cargo hubs that connect to multiple end destinations. Whereas, in the past, others have overextended with the number of air hubs, Whitaker said.
“We think it’s a dynamic game plan. It has the right amount of flying. (Most others) want to do that with planes in every city, (but) this is selective,” Whitaker told me. “For those reasons we think it’s a winner.”
The service lends itself to shipping perishables and pharmaceuticals, Amerijet said, because the cargo moves relatively quickly and Amerijet employs temperature-controlled containers.
Last edited by airbus300; 05-26-2014 at 05:05 PM. Reason: More about the previously mentioned amerijet sort
05-27-2014, 08:44 AM
#147
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05-31-2014, 10:53 PM
#148
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ATI bought capital last year some time and from what I've heard in the ABX and ATI groups is that was the straw the broke the camels back. In my opinion and those of some abx pilots, they want nothing to do with ATI. It will be interesting to see how atsg handles the failure of ati and the future of ABX (which is looking ok)
05-31-2014, 11:10 PM
#149
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Originally Posted by 727CA
Well ATI doesn't have anything worth buying except their certificate. I believe the aircraft all belong to ATSG.
If anything, I believe ATI and ABX will end up doing something similar to what CCIA/ATI did. Whether it's one of them buying out the other, acquisition, merger, takeover..who knows.
If anything, I believe ATI and ABX will end up doing something similar to what CCIA/ATI did. Whether it's one of them buying out the other, acquisition, merger, takeover..who knows.
05-31-2014, 11:17 PM
#150
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Originally Posted by White Cap
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