Continental closing Guam?
04-13-2008 | 01:47 PM
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04-13-2008 | 06:18 PM
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Don't forget bellies full of freash fish for Japan. Serious money there also.
04-14-2008 | 06:42 AM
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I am pretty sure that the FA out in Guam are all Japanese and are on a different seniority list than the FA in the states. So they can not bid between say EWR and Guam.
04-14-2008 | 08:41 AM
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Most of them are Chamorro, (Guam locals), and they have a few language speakers that are Japanese. I think they can transfer to mainline although they are on a completely separate operating certificate, Air Micronesia.
04-14-2008 | 02:01 PM
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Actually there is a mix of Chamorro, Filipino, stateside Americans. The original Air Mike crews were on the Air Mike Cert and could not bid to mainline, neither could mainline bid Air Mike, not until 1998 ish when the crews were reduced from around 600 FA's to 400 or less, they allowed some Air mike FA's to take a LOA or retire or fly mainline, with a reduction of overall seniority I think. With the ability to go back to Air Mike with old seniority. some stayed, some went back.
The Japanese had a sub base for years, NRT and KIX, I am not sure what happened to them, the bases were reduced in size for sure, they were paid very well.
If you were hired Air Mike, you were trainned Air Mike, meaning no one went to IAH, All training was in Guam, except for the 747 door opening, some did it in HNL.
The Japanese had a sub base for years, NRT and KIX, I am not sure what happened to them, the bases were reduced in size for sure, they were paid very well.
If you were hired Air Mike, you were trainned Air Mike, meaning no one went to IAH, All training was in Guam, except for the 747 door opening, some did it in HNL.
04-14-2008 | 07:39 PM
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The Guam operation is losing money. There are a very few flights making money. Those are Hawaii and Narita. The Island Hopper is flat and has been for years.
Guam flight attendants have a no furlough clause in their contract and since the loss of HNL-NGO-HNL they need to reduce the number of FAs. They have been offering FAs jobs at Continental.
The company is looking seriously at merging the two companies back into one certificate. They need to move some financial obligations away from CMI and then they could drop the FAA certificate. This would reduce the costs of the Guam operation considerable. The FAA certificate has already been moved from HNL to the IAH FSDO.
Bid Guam now and take advantage of the base closure benifits of the contract.
Guam flight attendants have a no furlough clause in their contract and since the loss of HNL-NGO-HNL they need to reduce the number of FAs. They have been offering FAs jobs at Continental.
The company is looking seriously at merging the two companies back into one certificate. They need to move some financial obligations away from CMI and then they could drop the FAA certificate. This would reduce the costs of the Guam operation considerable. The FAA certificate has already been moved from HNL to the IAH FSDO.
Bid Guam now and take advantage of the base closure benifits of the contract.
(JK)
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