capitalairtrans

At least get the facts right when you sling dung around. N714AX and N255CM are lease returns from Cargojet... Not Amerijet. N739AX was the single lease return from AJT, which is a POS, but has been sitting in ILN awaiting an aft bulkhead replacement since returning to CAM.

You can talk all the smack you want about AJT, but I'll take their mechanics and maintenance over anything I ever got from AMES!

EMD1594

I guess the bottom line is. When you rent it gets treated like a rental.

wjcandee

I think motorclutch was talking about Florida West, and saying that one needn't worry about them becoming competition on the Amazon account.

Oh, and I think Delta disagrees with you about AMES. But whatever.

capitalairtrans

So the fact that Delta uses AMES means that they are the best choice in a MRO provider? Guess I need to change my opinion on the MRO's in El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Peru where I have seen Delta airplanes sitting in their bays. If you think Delta doesn't also look for the best(read cheapest)deal they can find, then you are fooling yourself. Plus you do realize that Delta ownes a large portion of the engines hanging off the wings of CAM airplanes, and have provided parts support for ATSG for years now. It's in their best interest to throw AMES a bone here and there.

If AMES maintenance is so great, then why didn't these lease returns come out of C and conformity checks with zero problems? They had the chance to let everybody see how they shine, yet they chose to shove the airplanes out of the hangars as fast as they could to get them on the line. The good part about it is the whole situation provides me much entertainment listening to you guys complain about it.

wjcandee

You're right. Delta only hires bottom-of-the-barrel MRO providers. This must be why, quarter after quarter, year after year, their operational reliability is so terrible.

capitalairtrans

Do you win conversations like this over on airliners.net too?

JonnyKnoxville

[QUOTE=WingOffLight;2185327]Has anyone seen anything tangible on this? I have a hard time believing it.



Nothing tangible whatsoever. Laxative keeps stirring the pot with this complete fabrication. Florida West is owned by Atlas Air right now and is for sale for $4.5 million with no current buyer reported. Watching them spool up to an operation of 40-60 B767s would provide great entertainment for all of us on the sidelines. If Amazon tried that approach, they may just abandon the who airline attempt altogether after such an experience.

candygram

You need to be quiet and run along back to a.net son! Adults are talking here!

WingOffLight

[QUOTE=JonnyKnoxville;2185826]
Absolutely agree.

If they were going to start thier own carrier they would do it similar to what UPS did in 1988-90

I understand the amazon air model and how they are working it to the end user. I personally cant see how it would work in reverse for consumer shipping but if it could...........


Capitalairtran

All the majors lease hi-time engines... There has been a move in the last 5yrs to go in house. I assume AMES is working on the old mad dogs? Most likey because mainline no longer has lifts stands etc for that old NWA pos.. How many they working on?

lineflyer4life

[QUOTE=WingOffLight;2186428]They are working on all the 717's from AirTran, I think they are working on 6 at a time.