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Old 04-24-2013 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by airhead99
Fresh rumors flying around Piedmont of converting the Dash fleet to EMB-145s

A turboprop no airline in the US wants for an RJ nobody wants.
Dude, PDT is not getting ANY new or $^**box old airplanes. End of story.

It came right out of the mouth of Farrow and Parker at a CLT crew news in early 2011. They said NO capital investment in fleet for PDT prior to the RJ contracts expiring 2015 and beyond. And that was consideration, not replacement plan.

You guys need to all realize that place is not going anywhere and get out, or STAY AWAY... I don't get how people actually believe the crap carrots that company floats to curb attrition.
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Old 04-25-2013 | 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by airhead99
Fresh rumors flying around Piedmont of converting the Dash fleet to EMB-145s

A turboprop no airline in the US wants for an RJ nobody wants.
Dude, PDT is not getting ANY new or $^**box old airplanes. End of story.

It came right out of the mouth of Farrow and Parker at a CLT crew news in early 2011. They said NO capital investment in fleet for PDT prior to the RJ contracts expiring 2015 and beyond. And that was consideration, not replacement plan.

You guys need to all realize that place is not going anywhere and get out, or STAY AWAY... I don't get how people actually believe the crap carrots that company floats to curb attrition.
Please keep in mind that "Piedmonster" no longer works for PDT. He hasn't in a long time so he has no idea what is currently going on here, or planned to go on here. Things change hourly at our company. The merger changed a lot of things. Nobody knows what is in store for PDT. Could be good, could be bad. I don't believe the pilots will ever be out of a job. You have to make the best decision for yourself. If they offer you a job, I'd accept. You can always leave. I've been happy here for the past 7 years.
I think that you will find the reason most pilots are unhappy is the uncertain future. Pilots like to have a plan. The feeling of PDT's demise that we all had has seemed to lessen over the past few months. Just one pilots perspective.

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Old 04-25-2013 | 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Piedmonster
It came right out of the mouth of Farrow and Parker at a CLT crew news in early 2011. They said NO capital investment in fleet for PDT prior to the RJ contracts expiring 2015 and beyond. And that was consideration, not replacement plan.
This was looonnngg before the merger was announced.
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Old 04-25-2013 | 02:07 PM
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What's the washout rate for new hires like these days? I read back in this thread to mid-2011 and found a figure of around 71% pass a year or two ago. Is it improved, same, or worse lately?
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Old 04-25-2013 | 02:35 PM
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New hires have been doing OK. Upgrades are a different story.
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Old 04-25-2013 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by airhead99
Fresh rumors flying around Piedmont of converting the Dash fleet to EMB-145s
OMG! please say that you are joking!
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Old 04-26-2013 | 01:10 PM
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I heard something much more realistic, talking to some people in the Mainline training department. He was saying they were looking at the fleet plans for the new American and he said it did not look good for PDT.

He did say airways wants to keep them around, but they don't want Q400s they want 300's and are having a hard time finding them. He mentioned they hope 300's gain enough interest that they would reopen the 300 line in Canada.


But it's all hearsay of course.
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Old 04-26-2013 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by piper338
I heard something much more realistic, talking to some people in the Mainline training department. He was saying they were looking at the fleet plans for the new American and he said it did not look good for PDT.

He did say airways wants to keep them around, but they don't want Q400s they want 300's and are having a hard time finding them. He mentioned they hope 300's gain enough interest that they would reopen the 300 line in Canada.


But it's all hearsay of course.
Just curious, but did they mention why the 300 is more desirable than the q4? Seems backwards to me.
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Old 04-26-2013 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by fullflank
Just curious, but did they mention why the 300 is more desirable than the q4? Seems backwards to me.
Because the 300 is a 50 seater in a single class configuration and would be a good replacement for the smaller markets.
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Old 04-26-2013 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by What
Because the 300 is a 50 seater in a single class configuration and would be a good replacement for the smaller markets.
Why would they want less seat? To save money on the extra fa? How does the fuel burn stack up in comparison? Less seats on aircraft is exact opposite of anything ive ever heard Parker say. And arent you at eagle? Youre familiar with the working of pdts operations?
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