Calls went out today for the April class, 04-04 for the home study portion, 04-11 for ground school in Hyannis, rumored to be C-402 Captain only.

 

Did they have a March class?

 

I put in an application to see if I could get hired on here, but things are not sounding so great right now. I wonder if I'll get a call...

 

Yes, they have had one class each month with the exception of December. That class started March 1, iirc.

 

If you get anything going fast enough, it will fly. And we all know nothing runs like a deer.

I fooled Omni Air International this time. World travel, here I come! I don't know what plane I will be on yet, but this will make my 3rd "Non John Deere" PIC type, and my first in a heavy. Needless to say, I'm excited! I wish everyone at Cape Air the best, it really is a classy operation. It is changing alot, and by that I mean it has become alot more corporate, but compared to other regionals it is still unique in alot of positive ways.

9K is excellent furlough insurance to have in your pocket, and a great name to have on your resume. I will miss it. I only have 4 more days flying the line left.

See-yuuu.

 

Right now the "pool" water at Omni still feels great, but if I don't get out of the "pool" in April then my fingers might start to get all wrinkly and old looking, and no one likes that.

 

I want to do one of the Aer Lingus pickup flights between BOS and DUB, just so I can get a good "SUHHHHHHHH" in again.

 

Cape Air has already proven that when EAS funds get pulled they pull out of the market, so needless to say, it would not be good for anyone, except perhaps the American tax payer.

I whole heartedly agree with the previous poster that EAS is government fat that could easily be trimmed. Those are my dollars supplementing those cheap tickets, and I think the money could be spent better elsewhere or even better yet, not spent at all since it is adding to the deficet.

Saint Louis has already been discussed, so I will leave that alone. But look at Augusta and Rockland Maine. It is a two hour drive to Portland from Rockland, and Portland is served by pretty much every major air carrier. (Airlines | Portland International Jetport) Augusta is only 1 hour and 12 minutes away from from Portland. This is government waste any way you look at it. On top of the waste for the EAS, more government money is spent to have a TSA station open, and to maintain and build terminals. Rockland just built a new terminal at a cost of 3.2 million dollars, paid for by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which of course is my tax money, or at least use to be. All so that a few people can not be bothered to drive down to Portland to catch a flight?

It is a double edge sword, because I love Cape Air, but I hate government waste.

With that said, I am sure that there are communities that need EAS, but most of them are not on Cape Air's route map. I think this could be a real problem for Cape Air in the future, along with aging aircraft, and high pilot turn over when the forthcoming hiring boom really kicks off. However, the people at the top of the food chain at Cape Air are smart, creative people, and I have faith that they will steer the company in the right direction when they are presented with these challenges, or any challenge for that matter.

Whew, sorry for getting off topic and ranting a little, but I do think that this is something that needs to be discussed.

 

We all know your duties at Omni are relegated to aviating in the simulator.

 

I've always thought this about LNS. It's about a 40 minute drive to Harrisburg, which is served by American, Airways, Delta, United, Continental, and AirTran. In fact, it's much easier than taking Cape Air; Harrisburg connects you to larger hubs. Cape Air is good if you really want to take Southwest out of BWI, but that's about it...

Not putting down 9K at all. I really hope 9K LNS sticks around, but it's always made me scratch my head.

Hey, they let me fly the jet 5 whole times before I had to go back to the box this time.