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Old 04-01-2012, 06:29 AM
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What's up with that -400 you guys had...now in MIA? Heard repo from leassor?

There was a 400 that got repo'd. The company tried to spin it as a misunderstanding...but I don't know what the facts were. One of the planes is gone, though. I don't think it had anything to do with Direct Air, though. This happened well before DA shut the doors.
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Old 04-01-2012, 06:19 PM
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Looks like someone is going to go to jail
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Old 04-02-2012, 07:14 AM
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There was a 400 that got repo'd. The company tried to spin it as a misunderstanding...but I don't know what the facts were. One of the planes is gone, though. I don't think it had anything to do with Direct Air, though. This happened well before DA shut the doors.
Yep, I saw it a week or two before the Direct Air thing. Do you guys have enough flying to keep all the pilots now?
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Old 04-02-2012, 10:40 AM
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Yep, I saw it a week or two before the Direct Air thing. Do you guys have enough flying to keep all the pilots now?

Yes...they just signed a one year contract for some ICE flying in KAEX doing deportation flights to Honduras. The base bid closes tomorrow and the junior assignments will happen Wednesday. Hiring continues at 8 per month. They claim they need another 40 pilots...we are at 65 right now.
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Old 04-02-2012, 01:58 PM
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Yes...they just signed a one year contract for some ICE flying in KAEX doing deportation flights to Honduras. The base bid closes tomorrow and the junior assignments will happen Wednesday. Hiring continues at 8 per month. They claim they need another 40 pilots...we are at 65 right now.
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Old 04-05-2012, 07:17 PM
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You will go to many other places than MHTG. have fun flying down south where everything is answered "ok, roger"
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Old 04-14-2012, 06:05 PM
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You will go to many other places than MHTG. have fun flying down south where everything is answered "ok, roger"
Yeah, lots of places. I was just saying that MHTG is fun...in a weird sorta way. Then again, Bogota is fun too, along with all the other southern destinations
What does stink....the really early showtimes
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Old 04-15-2012, 06:39 AM
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Yep, I saw it a week or two before the Direct Air thing. Do you guys have enough flying to keep all the pilots now?
This is definitely turning into a get-paid-not-to-fly month for me. Maybe 15 hours, 5 days.
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