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07-18-2006 | 05:58 AM

G-Dog

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Go Jet Rumor

There has been a lot of bad talk about this upstart airline. I heard through the grapevine that GoJet has acquired a contract with Continental.

If this is true, was Trans States trying to obtain that contract?

Maybe Gojet was formed to get the continental contract and the whole United mess with the sister company was just bad timing for those guys a Trans States?

Food for thought.

07-18-2006 | 08:24 AM

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Im pretty sure GoJets was started to allow TSA management to get around its Union contracts and impose lower wages to operate larger equipment than they could currently get from their pilots (and FAs? Havent heard much about their part in this). Doesn't matter who's name is painted on the side, GoJets was a work-around entity from the start.

07-18-2006 | 08:48 AM

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Unless they got the 24 Q400's, the only current CAL RFP was awarded to Republic to fly 69 ERJ's.

07-18-2006 | 08:59 AM

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Unless they got the 24 Q400's, the only current CAL RFP was awarded to Republic to fly 69 ERJ's.

Word was ATRs are to be flown. Can anyone confirm this?

07-18-2006 | 09:04 AM

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I'll believe Gayjets flying for CAL when I see it. I'm not holding my breath...

07-18-2006 | 09:27 AM

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I heard

that they are seriously going to be doing the CAL flying for CAL itself, in tricked out Beech Barons, GPS and all.......

07-18-2006 | 09:53 AM

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Foster,
you are correct, sorta.... Rep. got the award but that deal is now dead, or at the very least in limbo. The deal was predicated upon Con Exp giving up the planes which they didn't. Everybody, republic ASA, comair, skywest, etc. are bidding for that flying. Who's going to get it? I don't have a clue!

07-18-2006 | 10:11 AM

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Rep. don't have airplanes to fly for CAL. CAL asked CO-EXP for the airplanes back. They said NO. The controversy is goin to continue. Who ever grab that contract, is never be like CO-EXP....

07-18-2006 | 10:59 AM

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I have heard that Cape Air is trying to increase it's ATR flying from just the 3 they have in Guam. Rumor around the company is that we might get some CO codeshare on the mainland. Of course, as always, just a rumor.

07-18-2006 | 01:41 PM

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Actually this is not the reason for GoJet's existence. GoJet was formed because Trans States Airlines cannot fly 70 seaters (per American Airlines scope) and Hulas obviously wanted to get into the 70 seat market. So, GoJet was created. Trans States pilots had the opportunity to fly these aircraft but turned it down because of the sacrifice they would have to make in their contract. This is not a complicated situation, just an emotional one to the many pilots who feel they should have recieved the flying free of charge.

So, the fact is, GoJet was created to give Trans States Holdings access to the 70 seat market. Contension over union contracts is effect, not cause.