They want to park airplanes. That's what's happening. It wouldn't take much to slow the attrition. However, they don't seem to want to make the necessary changes. I think they're just trying to make it through the summer

08-05-2014 | 07:23 AM

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My friend got an email yesterday telling him that they have no new classes assigned and to look into Skywest.

Have any of you noticed they have reactivated the logo lights on most of the 700/900s? SkyWest is the only other regional I can think of who uses them. Also, a friend got a plane the other day where the ACARS menu said SKYWEST instead of EXPRESSJET on the top. Several friends I have in middle management in SGU tell me a team has been in ATL retraining our OCC to do things "the SkyWest Way" for over a month now. Things that make you go hmmm...

08-05-2014 | 07:27 AM

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This is true... there have been managers from SGU in ATL for about 5-6 weeks. Dispatch, in-flight, flight ops, maintenance, etc... Got a friend who works in the OCC there in ATL and he says everything about dispatch is changing to the SkyWest way of doing things.

08-05-2014 | 07:40 AM

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I think the conference call tomorrow may be very interesting. It almost looks like the BOD has finally decided to move to Plan B...

08-05-2014 | 07:48 AM

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I think the conference call tomorrow may be very interesting. It almost looks like the BOD has finally decided to move to Plan B...

What do you think plan B is?

08-05-2014 | 07:50 AM

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Did it ever occur to any of you geniuses that they want the operation to run more like SkyWest, because that's the side that makes money? Obviously there are other outside reasons why that happens, but they do a good job at running their operation, so why in the world would they NOT want us to be run like theirs?

Stop stirring chit up Captain Tony.

08-05-2014 | 08:08 AM

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source for that?

and why? were losing almost 100 airframes right?

Captains received an email that stated new hires to be added through November and upgrades through October. I can't imagine that there are new hires in the training program who will need until November to finish. But the sentence was a little vague.

08-05-2014 | 08:37 AM

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Stop stirring chit up Captain Tony.

Then what fun would the interwebz be? I'll stir all the chit I want to, you can choose to ignore it. But I don't stir chit that has no basis. You should know that by now. Sorry if i hit a nerve. Looks like lots of ERJs soon to be parked...

08-05-2014 | 09:02 AM

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Guess my thinking on this is that Inc would not want to combine us because we are union and the other side is not. However, with the stock hitting a new 52 week low yesterday, I can see the BOD demanding some radical changes. And pronto!!