Great Lakes shutting down?
06-09-2017, 04:44 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by FloridaLarry
If (When!) GLA goes out of business, they therefore stop flying to their contracted EAS cities (and the rest of their shrinking map). Presuming a Chapter 7 rather than Ch 11 - they seem to have had their Ch 11 chances, even if it wasn't done through the courts 
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The question: What happens to the EAS 90-day notice to quit, and the Federal obligation to continue service until a replacement takes over?
Do the Feds get to arm-twist some other carrier to take over immediately? And 'immediately' isn't truly 'immediate,' given the need for the incoming folks to hire staff, get or re-assign aircraft, do proving flights, negotiate with the EAS people, etc.
Any way you look at it, sounds like there will be a gap between the EAS hard places and GLA's 'rock.'
. The question: What happens to the EAS 90-day notice to quit, and the Federal obligation to continue service until a replacement takes over?
Do the Feds get to arm-twist some other carrier to take over immediately? And 'immediately' isn't truly 'immediate,' given the need for the incoming folks to hire staff, get or re-assign aircraft, do proving flights, negotiate with the EAS people, etc.
Any way you look at it, sounds like there will be a gap between the EAS hard places and GLA's 'rock.'
06-09-2017, 08:22 AM
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EAS
Don't bet on the death of EAS in the lower 48. I expect tweaking to continue the process of removing abuses, but (a.) it does serve a purpose, (b.) constitutes a promise made by the government, and (c.) is supported by enough very senior legislators and powerful leaders in the various communities, all of whom are listened to.
Like other popular verbal targets (NEA, NEH, CPB, etc), the money spent or saved on it won't change the overall Federal budget picture at all. They aren't serious budget-busters, just tweat-fodder pandering to hopeful believers.
As always, Alaska is the exception to most rules.
Like other popular verbal targets (NEA, NEH, CPB, etc), the money spent or saved on it won't change the overall Federal budget picture at all. They aren't serious budget-busters, just tweat-fodder pandering to hopeful believers.
As always, Alaska is the exception to most rules.
06-12-2017, 06:44 AM
#19
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
I hear the odds are Great Lakes is losing Pueblo; Skywest may be awarded it instead.
I think I remember taking two people down and one back.
USAF DA40s were everywhere.
06-12-2017, 08:12 AM
#20
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Originally Posted by zondaracer
So many guys have abandoned ship that a lot of the furloughed got recalled.
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