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02-02-2009 | 06:40 AM

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Atwoo155

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how many more pilots does this require?....has anyone heard rumors of more flying?....i need some hope of getting out of the pool

Calm down about it. Your going to give your self a hemroid.
I think it might be a while before PDT hires. PSA AWAC and RAH all do flying for Airways too and all have people on furlough. I am not saying that PDT WONT hire before the furloughs come back but.......

02-04-2009 | 06:59 PM

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Not good news on the dash front today. Helpfully we can convience early retirements.

02-04-2009 | 09:18 PM

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Ha... doubt that.

I should probably start looking for a job.

02-05-2009 | 05:06 AM

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Does anybody remember the name of the place in Saudi Arabia that flies Dash-8's?

02-05-2009 | 05:50 AM

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Does anybody remember the name of the place in Saudi Arabia that flies Dash-8's?

Aramco used to fly them (I don't know if they still do), if that's the one you're thinking of.

02-05-2009 | 01:18 PM

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A week ago, they announced the new occurence policy.

Why? There are many reserves only flying ~15 hours/month. Made no sense.

Fast forward a few days, and they announce fleet reductions/pending furloughs.

It all makes sense now.

02-05-2009 | 01:55 PM

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Wonder what will happen to the other 11 aircraft.

What a crap-shoot.

I wonder if they will try to pull a "If you take concessions... maybe we can make financial sense to keep those 11 airplanes.." Considering this is great timing for negotiating the new contract.

02-05-2009 | 02:56 PM

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So this must mean we are getting Q400's right? I mean, it makes no sense, so it makes perfect sense. Right?

02-05-2009 | 04:07 PM

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its 7 more stoki, not 11. We just lost 4, 7 more are expiring later this year for a total of 11.

Right now we have 458 on the CA+FO list (not including leaves) with 55 A/C. Thats 8.3 pilots per aircraft to maintain our current 'fat' staffing levels. So a loss of 4 aircraft would mean ~33 pilots would be getting bumped in order to maintain the same staffing level that we have now.

A loss of 7 more would be an additional 58 pilots, bringing our potential total up to 91.

Considdering how heavy we are on reserves, I wouldn't be surprised to see even more than that.

It ain't right - the most cost effective airplane in the Airways fleet and here we are giving them back.

02-05-2009 | 05:01 PM

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What's the new occurence policy like at PDT? Is it similar to PSA's? (At PSA, they devised the "Dependability Program." Basically, if you accumulate more than 6 occurences in a rolling one year window, you're fired. That includes absenses due to illness (i.e. sick calls), no shows, etc. Just have to hope you don't get sick too often, or if you're sickly, better hope you qualify for FMLA (FMLA absences don't count toward the 6 occurences).

Just wondering if management at PDT is taking a page out of PSA's play book.