RAH Recalls
 

From aviationtoday.com....

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

RJET Recalls Pilots, FAs
With its new contract with Midwest Airlines, Republic Airways Holdings is recalling more than 100 pilots and flight attendants out of the more than 500 furloughed in July. However, the deal calls for Midwest to operate the planes under its own certificate in 2010 but it does give RJET breathing room to develop new business the keep the crews flying. The airline said that in addition to the 100 crews being recalled, another 100 pilots and flight attendants could be reassigned to Midwest routes instead of flying other services done by Republic.


once again information like this is first received by the media without any word from the company or media. this should make things that much more interesting.

this is crap info..... 500 furloughed is way off (150ish), FAs were never furloughed and I highly doubt the Midwest deal is gonna bring anyone back

Im not going to hold my breath for that call. This deal was in the works long before any of us turned in our id's, so I cant see them suddenly recalling any time in the near future.

what if the purpose of the furlough was simply to make it easier to shift people around from certificate to certificate and displace a bunch of people without having to work within the contract (as if they did that anyway)?

then a quick recall would make sense, makes it a lot easier for them to move people off the RP certificate and onto the RW and not have to pay us per diem while in training since we would no longer have a base.

just my thoughts...

Is there realy any truth to this? anyone care to chime in thats at RAH right now?

I just spoke to a F'd Buddy and hes says hes hopefull that this stuff is true but "he'll believe when he sees it"

RAH guys recalled, Midwest Express guys furloughed.

I'm not a math major, but that equates to a significant net loss in pilot income for the industry.

Bad news for ALL of us in the long run. Please keep that in mind.

Agreed!

Fore mentioned buddy was not all happy with the Midwest deal but he does want a flying job. kinda a tough place to be in, realy. I feel for everyone involved in this fiasco.

True that.

Unfortunately from what I was reading on airlinepilotcentral it seems that there were going to be big furloughs at Midwest to begin with... Guess this is just salt in an open wound...

The furloughed pilots are the most junior across the 3 certificates and would have been those displaced regardless if the company was just trying to shuffle pilots around the system.

If it is just a rumor then why would Indystar.com post this article?......



Republic Airways Holdings recalling 100-plus pilots, flight attendants
By Ted Evanoff
Posted: September 4, 2008

Republic Airways Holdings will recall more than 100 pilots and flight attendants next month to staff a dozen airliners.

The Indianapolis carrier, which idled 500 workers in July, said Wednesday that the recalled crews will operate on Midwest Airlines routes.

Republic employs 4,600 people and flies 230 regional jets on short and medium-length routes outsourced by major carriers.

Republic will assign 76-seat Embraer 170 airliners to fly under the brand name Midwest Connect. Republic had flown the 12 planes for Frontier Airlines routes, a Denver carrier that filed in April for bankruptcy reorganization.

Republic spokesman Warren Wilkinson said about 100 crew members will be recalled and another 100 pilots and flight attendants could be reassigned to the Midwest routes from other lines served by Republic.

Milwaukee-based Midwest can choose to staff the jets with its own crews in 2010.

Under the deal, Republic also will loan Midwest $15 million for one year as part of a voluntary restructuring by the Milwaukee line. Midwest is bringing in a total of $60 million in new financing.

Also on Wednesday, Republic said it boarded 1.7 million passengers in August, a 12.6 percent increase from a year ago. Its stock closed Wednesday at $9.61 a share, up 50 cents.

Republic Airways Holdings recalling 100-plus pilots, flight attendants | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star


I'm just trying to be optimistic with the possibility of being called back to training :)

Being one of the furloughees, I've yet to recieve ANY "recall." I'd like nothing better than to get back to work. I'll believe it when I get it in the mail.

THERE IS NO RECALL

More than likely, someone in the company told that reporter that the MEH deal "saved" 100 pilots from furlough, which is true. But it did not bring people back off the street.

This is the deal:

The Midwest thing kept some CA's from being downgraded and reduced about 20-30 FO's from being furloughed in the first place. Remember it was supposed to be about 178 or so furloughs and it was reduced to 140+. This is old news the media is now catching up and re-labeling as a "recall".

No, I don't support the Midwest thing but I'm just a peon stating the facts as I see them, with no vote in the matter....

that article has about 100000 things wrong and incorrect in it. i wouldnt call it "news reporting" just space-filling words thrown together by someone it didnt affect.

Thats the truth! Have you all seen the Wayne Heller Podcast.. No... well here you go..

Republic Airways

PS: You gotta love the cookies..(insert sarcasm here)

aww.. look at uncle wayne pretending he likes us :)

That's the second time the Indy Star has published the same story. They ran it just before the official Furlough date too. A few things about it that are wrong:

FAs were never furloughed. They just used attrition.
Mechanics weren't furloughed. The company actually is hiring them for PIT right now.

There were never 500 total employees. The original pilot number was 177. It's somewhere around 150 now.

I'll believe the Indy star when I get my certified letter saying come back to work.

well from what I herd, one of the guys at my pad who were furloughed says when he talked to S5 chief pilot, he said that they will recall all pilots around oct. 1st, I was there when he was talking to him. It is getting close to that day, though, and I havn't herd anything yet about it, may be there will be another "White Horse" commin at the last minute.

I'll believe that ish when i see the letter just like pip!

lastest and greatest around the backdoors of rah pilots, HR and the CP is no recall until spring 09 at best. You can get it from crappy articles and beleive BS but we call and get it from the horses mouth and since there are no letters or even wispers of recalls I will tend to believe my HR director.