EAS is on the chopping block!!!
03-19-2017, 08:25 AM
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EAS is on the chopping block!!!
With EAS on the chopping block airlines like Great Lakes and some of the routes regionals currently fly will be eliminated.
The cost of 211 million a year for half empty flights is deserving of the cut.
Although this will increase the number of pilots in the short term I am sure in the long run it will be better for pilots by eliminating low paying airline jobs.
If the market is big enough and the feed important enough the airlines will pick up the tab and keep the route open.
The cost of 211 million a year for half empty flights is deserving of the cut.
Although this will increase the number of pilots in the short term I am sure in the long run it will be better for pilots by eliminating low paying airline jobs.
If the market is big enough and the feed important enough the airlines will pick up the tab and keep the route open.
03-19-2017, 08:40 AM
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Good riddance. I did plenty of EAS. Most of these places they're more than capable of driving to the ****ing airport.
03-19-2017, 09:33 AM
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Used to do EAS routes on a Saab. Didn't matter if the plane was empty, we went. Stupid waste for a lot of places. Not all, but a significant portion of the EAS routes went to places you could drive to a major airport in a couple of hours.
03-19-2017, 10:45 AM
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A lot of times the flights are half full and a lot of these airports are within a 2 hour drive to a major airport. I used to fly eas and most of the places we flew to I felt like was a complete waste of tax payer dollars.
03-19-2017, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by gazoo34
With EAS on the chopping block airlines like Great Lakes and some of the routes regionals currently fly will be eliminated.
The cost of 211 million a year for half empty flights is deserving of the cut.
Although this will increase the number of pilots in the short term I am sure in the long run it will be better for pilots by eliminating low paying airline jobs.
If the market is big enough and the feed important enough the airlines will pick up the tab and keep the route open.
The cost of 211 million a year for half empty flights is deserving of the cut.
Although this will increase the number of pilots in the short term I am sure in the long run it will be better for pilots by eliminating low paying airline jobs.
If the market is big enough and the feed important enough the airlines will pick up the tab and keep the route open.
03-19-2017, 12:20 PM
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Lakes only has 4 EAS cities left. The carriers to be most affected are Boutique, Cape Air, and PenAir.
03-19-2017, 01:28 PM
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What about towns/villages in Alaska where you can't drive anywhere?
03-19-2017, 01:49 PM
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I did EAS flying, just about all of it was a complete waste of money but, I got my hours I needed at the time just like many have before and after me. Call it what you like, to me it was a jobs program. Eliminating these carriers eliminates a lot of time building opportunities for low time guys.
03-19-2017, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BeechedJet
I did EAS flying, just about all of it was a complete waste of money but, I got my hours I needed at the time just like many have before and after me. Call it what you like, to me it was a jobs program. Eliminating these carriers eliminates a lot of time building opportunities for low time guys.
03-19-2017, 02:59 PM
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Oh don't get me wrong, I don't think this should stick around because it helps pilots. I'm just pointing out when this goes away, it's just going to kill another road to those trying to get to the airlines.
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