Well, I just read through the press release put out by Midwest Airlines and it explicity says:

"As flight operations transition to SkyWest in March and April, Skyway Airlines will discontinue providing regional flight operations for Midwest Airlines, which will result in the elimination of the positions of approximately 380 Skyway employees – mostly pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and dispatchers."

I actually, really, truly do feel bad for anyone losing their job over this.

The press-release just says more aircraft...I think if we get more than just a few, it would make sense to make MCI a domicile - that would be a separate SkyWest announcement, My thoughts are that there will not be too much more flying out of MCI just because the routes we'll be taking are Skyway's out of MKE...that sounds bad...I know it, and I apologize. No nice way of saying that I suppose.

I had dinner on a GRB overnight with a Skyway crew last week and they were good people. I hate to see anything less than great happen to ya'll.

Wow that's terrible for anyway SkyWay guys out there. I hope that SkyWest offers any SkyWay pilot, F/A, Dispatcher, or Mechanic a job... We certainly can use people that already want to be in MKE... Any SkyWay pilot can PM me for help on getting on at SkyWest if they'd like.

Sounds like SkyWay guys will be given "preferential" hiring...

http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch.../2008&id=34258

There's a news article. I hate to see this happen anywhere.

Is skywest exclusively flying for Midwest??? Or will they put out an RFP???

The additional flying will be covered by the existing agreement between MEH and SKYW...sounds like they will be getting all 10 additional aircraft to cover the old SYX flying. From the press release it sounds like less frequency on the current SYX routes but keeping all the outstations open (i.e. 2-3 flights a day to the MSNs, GRBs, ATWs, GRRs, etc. instead of 4-5/day with the DoJets)

Well, with the frequency of flights being cut, the CSA's should prepare themselves for a cut as well. Cutting flights depending on the schedule would be difficult to keep all CSA's. Best wishes go out to the SkyWay guys out there. I hope they at least offer some kind of separation package of some sort.....

Quote, from the article: Nearly 400 employees of Midwest Air Group Inc. will lose their jobs, with Midwest Air choosing to hire a Utah-based company to handle all of its Midwest Connect regional carrier flights, it was announced today./Quote

Wow, that MKE-based paper isn't biased or anything :rolleyes:

Well, it has been pretty hilarious to watch MEH over the past year or so announce how they need the public's support to keep everyone's jobs safe in MKE and remain the "hometown airline" of MKE. Then 4 months later announce that they are cutting 400 jobs of mostly WI residents in favor of another company from out of state (only SLC instead of ATL).