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Cessna Driver 03-05-2017 07:04 AM
Yute Air Shut Down
 
What happened in Bethel yesterday?

flightview 03-05-2017 03:05 PM
Idk. What did you see?

flightview 03-05-2017 03:12 PM
Yute Air shuts down
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Yut...415426383.html

TiredSoul 03-05-2017 04:23 PM
FAA pulled the certificate?

PrettyFlyGuy 03-05-2017 08:39 PM
Lol Hageland is 1 accident away from getting their certificate pulled. Hageland bought Yute for $10 million.

aviatorhi 03-06-2017 05:31 AM
Shutting down immediately and without notice doesn't usually translate to being bought out by the competition. Wonder what happened.

Had good fun flying there from 09-10.

Csy Mon 03-06-2017 05:43 AM
Aye Bethel..
Flew 207s for a 3 outfits there in 1981-1984.
Is Wild Goose still the local party place? :D

Panzon 03-06-2017 06:16 AM
Originally Posted by PrettyFlyGuy (Post 2314602)
Hageland bought Yute for $10 million.
What's your source?

PrettyFlyGuy 03-06-2017 07:32 AM
Originally Posted by Panzon (Post 2314716)
What's your source?
The owner Tim for one.

fishbait32 03-06-2017 12:04 PM
Gotta get that ramp space in Bethel!

aviatorhi 03-07-2017 05:36 AM
Guess they sold the airplanes but not the operation... I call BS on saying you can only shut down suddenly.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rura...-it-closed-up/

TiredSoul 03-07-2017 05:41 AM
Originally Posted by aviatorhi (Post 2315458)
Guess they sold the airplanes but not the operation... I call BS on saying you can only shut down suddenly.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rura...-it-closed-up/

"This is a business that requires the highest level of safety," Vottis said. "Were I to make an early announcement, then my pilots are spending their time focused on more than worrying about their landing. They are focused on their job ending, what their future is going to be."
DUH....:cool:

aviatorhi 03-07-2017 06:12 AM
Originally Posted by TiredSoul (Post 2315459)
DUH....:cool:
Plenty of airlines have shut down with as much as a month notice, and they didn't auger an airplane in. Doesn't matter much at this point of the ball game. I for one would've wanted to know if I was an employee.

PrettyFlyGuy 03-09-2017 06:50 AM
Originally Posted by aviatorhi (Post 2315482)
Plenty of airlines have shut down with as much as a month notice, and they didn't auger an airplane in. Doesn't matter much at this point of the ball game. I for one would've wanted to know if I was an employee.
I completely agree but a lot of guys saw it coming. A large chunk of Yutes income was from Medicaid travel and us travel which was recently revamped and they hadn't been paying out properly which made Yute no longer profitable it was just breaking even and the owner basically just had no reason to keep the business that didn't make money over the last 2 years. There were other issues as well but the owner was not a pilot and had no skin in the aviation world other than profit so no reason to hang on to a failing system. Yute had the best pilot group in the bush and could fly the hell out of a 207. Good Luck to their guys. I know they all have found other jobs and will do great things.


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