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Acutally Jet Jock the F9 flying was awarded to Republic Airwars 2 days ago they are going to use 17 170s in march. Its official no rumour was on a press release and everything

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Originally Posted by Slaphappy (Post 100354)

Acutally Jet Jock the F9 flying was awarded to Republic Airwars 2 days ago they are going to use 17 170s in march. Its official no rumour was on a press release and everything

And the Q400's, I haven't heard of them canceling the orders.

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Originally Posted by JetJock16 (Post 100357)

And the Q400's, I haven't heard of them canceling the orders.

the q400s are the planes that Lynx is going to get

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Originally Posted by Slaphappy (Post 100359)

the q400s are the planes that Lynx is going to get

Aaaaah! I see!

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Originally Posted by JetJock16 (Post 100276)

R U an idiot? SKW Inc. allocated 8 of the RFP CJ7's to ASA. You can be sure that if and when SKW Inc is awarded the F9 CJ7’s that ASA pilots will be at the controls.

Also, unless I was mistaken, SKW bought ASA. To the best of my knowledge that means they own ASA, THE JETS BELONG TO SKW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of ASA's assets belong to SKW Inc.

SKW Inc. is not stealing anything; they are adjusting BOTH airlines in order to create a better company. It may seem that SKW is benefiting from ASA but Jerry has a plan, we just have to wait and see. Don't forget that Jerry has been running SKW for over 34 years, SUCCESSFULLY! SKW has never furloughed and has posted 32 of 34 years in the black. The only two years in the red, year 1 in 72 and 82, that’s 24 strait years of profit! IMPRESSIVE, you can’t deny that.

So, stop your B*I*T*C*H*I*N*G and be happy that your company is now run by a man with a history of absolute success.

Its easy to be profitable when your fee-for-departure contracts guarantee profitability:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy (Post 100375)

Its easy to be profitable when your fee-for-departure contracts guarantee profitability:rolleyes:

Explain that to Mesa. SKW didn't have code shares until the LATE 80's, that's 14+ years of profitable "At Risk" flying. After SKW picked up their first code share most of their flying was still "At Risk" until the 90's. Today all of our flying isn't fee-for-departure, we still do a good amount of "At Risk" flying for a regional with code shares.

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Originally Posted by JetJock16 (Post 100391)

I don't think anyone had code shares until the mid-late 80's. AWAC actually pioneered the concept of code sharing, after operating as a standalone carrier from 1965 - 1982(?). Of course, as with anything, once UAL touched it in the mid-90's it's been downhill from there. :mad:

This fee-for-departure stuff is also relatively new. I wouldn't be surprised if it slowly went away either, it's just too much of a drain on the mainline carrier.

One thing SkyWest does that I like is their "SkyShip" freight service. I had no idea that they even offered that. That's a smart way to increase revenue for sure.

The great thing about public companies is you can use capital raised from shareholders to stick your neck out a little and put money into growing the business. Private companies generally are much more conservative, because it's the owners money at stake. Knowing this, I think I would've preferred to come to a publicly held airline vs. privately held, especially in today's environment.

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 100216)

Skywest did not "steal" your 700's, they "bought" them and it makes no sense to operate two bases in SLC. I grew up there BTW...SKW has been around as long as I have, but I don't seem to remember ASA...

But of course you guys didn't "steal" COMAIR's flying...I suppose it was a christmas gift that their MEC voted to give to ASA?

Tool.

The flying was put out for bid... Nobody just gives us their jets and flying. Delta controls the flying not the MEC or Skywest or ASA.

But thanks for your history lesson on SLC. Apparently you should have been in Delta managment and informed them of the bad idea a few years ago.

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Originally Posted by DMEarc (Post 100293)

Good point. ASA is a better place because of SKW.

Now if they could just agree on a new contract.

Where do you work again??? ASA has not changed for the better... All we hear about is Jerry Jerry Jerry. Where is he??? Absent. Send him out to ASA to take a peek. Why has he not implemented any changes at ASA? Why has he not kicked ASA management in the ass about the contract?

ASA is not better.

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Originally Posted by MinFuel (Post 100870)

I think you'll change your mind about that after some time has passed, and the current negotiations are long forgotten. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.