These guys also had the chance to early-out last February when they were still Comair. HR extended the early-out window two weeks to allow for the RHS announcement to sink in, then announced the shift to JFK three days after the window closed without extending the window again. Just one more Skroo you! to the pilots.

 

I remember that.

So I am a little lost on this lynx deal. The Q400 not profitable? Isn't that the aircraft Comair has been spewing about for the past 5 years? Sayings it's more fuel efficient.

 

Well, the Q is more fuel efficient than a CRJ. I think the Q hype was mostly during the times when Oil prices were skyrocketing. I know the Q is working very well for Horizon, they are phasing out their CRJs and I believe they are getting a couple of more Qs. I don't understand why they got guys on furlough either, Horizon made $8 million dollars last year, too.

The Q rumor at Comair was probably just a crapload of BS just like the rumor of Comair gettings EFBs and United flying. Unforunately these rumors were started by the Director of Flt. Ops.

I have a couple of friends at Lynx, incl. a few former Comair guys. Sucks to see what RAH is doing to this indusry, and I wish the guys at Lynx all the best.

 

Yeah, I was talking with one of them yesterday. Talk about a rough go.

 

I wonder how many of the employees will get a job with republic? "Priority hiring" will be given but how many jobs will they have available. this sucks for the lynx people

 

Would it be preferential hiring, or do all of the Lynx guys get stapled to the bottom of republic due to a contract.

 

They are already Republic pilots. They just don't know where they fall on the seniority list, so, like YX, when their planes stop flying they stop flying.

 

Denver Post

Lynx Aviation, the regional turboprop carrier that feeds Frontier Airlines' Denver hub, will cease to exist by mid-September, throwing 400 jobs into jeopardy.
Lynx employees were told Thursday about parent company Republic Airways' plans to continue the air service with small Republic jets instead of the Bombardier Q400 turboprops operated by Lynx.
"Everybody knew it was coming. Now we know what the dates are," said one employee who asked not to be identified out of concern for his employment. "Now we're just another Colorado name that's gone. The name is still there, but the heart is removed."
Republic officials said the transition will improve the company's ability to operate in highly contested markets.
The move is part of the Indianapolis-based holding company's program to "simplify and optimize its fleet resources across its entire network, improving aircraft utilization and cost efficiencies companywide."
Service will continue to nine of the 11 current Lynx destinations. Operations to Fargo, N.D., and Tulsa, Okla., will stop April 5.
Furloughs will begin in early April for about 175 employees, including pilots, flight attendants and personnel in operations, customer service and support.
Lynx has about 400 employees. Of its 120 pilots and 110 flight attendants, 40 in each group will be retained until September, when remaining Lynx employees will be furloughed.
Company spokesman Peter Kowalchuk said Lynx employees will be given the opportunity to continue with Republic or Frontier and will receive priority hiring. Those who don't stay on will be given severance.
The Republic-owned jets — 70-seat Embraer 170s and 98-seat Embraer 190s — will be flown by Republic pilots.
Three of Lynx's 11 turboprops will be replaced by jets April 6, and three more will be replaced April 19. They will be sold. The remaining five will remain in service through Labor Day, with four flying and one used as a spare.
Lynx employees have done an outstanding job, said Republic chief operating officer Wayne Heller.
Converting to jet service "allows us to better utilize our existing aircraft resources and lower our cost of operating and maintaining multiple fleet types, while providing our customers with outstanding jet service," Heller said.
Lynx began flying in December 2007 as a subsidiary of Frontier and became a subsidiary of Republic when Frontier was acquired out of bankruptcy Oct. 1.
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