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Old 06-21-2008 | 12:04 PM
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Default Midwest to ground all Mad Dogs.

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/20600494.html

Had a feeling about this one. Sorry to hear it. I've only met a few of the guys there but all were great bunch.
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Old 06-21-2008 | 12:34 PM
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Yeah, MEH is/was a different breed...

Talk is our flying will only be decreasing by two aircraft...about the same percentage of MEH's total fleet in MD...

All is not so rosy in MKE.
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Old 06-21-2008 | 12:54 PM
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I think grounding all their MD-80s will be a much larger reduction than 2 of 15+ A/C we fly for them.
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Old 06-21-2008 | 12:58 PM
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There is no way they will still need all that feed to/from GRB, MSN, ATW, etc when they are going to cut virtually all their leisure destination routes.
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Old 06-21-2008 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by duvie
I think grounding all their MD-80s will be a much larger reduction than 2 of 15+ A/C we fly for them.
Okay...our equipment cut is approximately 13%, while there's is about 30%. Thanks for keeping me honest...!
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Old 06-21-2008 | 02:21 PM
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How many CRJs are on the MidEx side now?
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Old 06-21-2008 | 03:15 PM
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This is great news for Air Tran as they are already flying to all of the YX west coast flights non-stop. I can only imagine they will double their flights to pick up the slack come the winter travel season.

Midwest is like a new hire in an RJ. Falling behind themselves with a rapidly moving world around them. Those MD-80s should have been replaced 10 years ago, oh well.
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Old 06-21-2008 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by OlyRob
How many CRJs are on the MidEx side now?
I believe it's 21, not 15. Loosing two is about an 11% reduction.
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Old 06-22-2008 | 08:27 AM
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Ok- now what will happen to the senior captains that fly that plane? Will they just go to another airline and start over at the bottom? Do other companies hire senior pilots like that and make them captains immediately?
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Old 06-22-2008 | 08:40 AM
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nope that is one of the messed up parts of this industry....its probably only 70% paycut.... sarcasm....
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