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06-03-2009 | 02:56 PM

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Avroman

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That would be nice to help mitigate the layoffs but I would suggest until they are delivered, painted, and on certificate to plan as if they are never coming.... Look at just a few months ago with the musical 900's to see why I say that.

06-03-2009 | 03:16 PM

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The 200s are NOT inefficient if they're flown on the right routes.

06-03-2009 | 03:25 PM

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The inefficient comment was somewhat tounge in cheek

. Trying to get a few chuckles anyway...

And I see what you're saying Avroman, just wishing that's all.

06-03-2009 | 03:50 PM

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The 200s are NOT inefficient if they're flown on the right routes.

Yeah but does anyone care? Seriously, does it matter at all when they are getting rid of SAABs that they can get multi million dollar government grants to fly? Who ever makes these decisions probably doesn't care the least bit about efficiencies. Whatever they make their decisions on is beyond what we will ever know.

06-03-2009 | 04:57 PM

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Stay positive guys/gals, its tough. The new Delta is playing Russian roulette with all of us DCI wholly owns. Wish you all the best of luck

06-03-2009 | 06:31 PM

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when delta furloughs in the fall you will be seeing some more pilots at mesaba

Yeah 13.....Thats not really a big problem when you are talking about 200+ other guys.

06-03-2009 | 07:22 PM

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when delta furloughs in the fall you will be seeing some more pilots at mesaba

If your talking flow backs we only have 13 spots available for flowbacks. And according to my source (ya like I know anyone in the know but good delta employed speculators) hiring in December.

06-03-2009 | 07:30 PM

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If your talking flow backs we only have 13 spots available for flowbacks. And according to my source (ya like I know anyone in the know but good delta employed speculators) hiring in December.

It is good to hold onto the dream . .. obviously something big would need to happen between now and then for that to happen. Sitting fat 100 people now and losing 10 aircraft makes me think there is bad news on the horizon. Of course I would LOVE to be wrong about that

06-03-2009 | 07:57 PM

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You'd be surprised at how much more efficient PBS makes schedules. No more training, carry in, or vacation issues.

I'm sure management knows how many pilots they can cut when PBS is implemented.

They'll just do what Mesa did to us. Take the estimated number of block hours for the next year, and divide it by the line value they desire. In our case, it was 85.

Add some reserves to that, and you have your number. In our case, it was about 200 less than we had.

PBS is a dangerous animal. The only pilots I have ever heard speak highly of it were Skywest guys.