Think this may be the end of EAS?

President Trump Wants To Eliminate The Essential Air Service Program - One Mile at a Time

SAE must surely recognize all this ? The EAS biz is not where you want to be right now. Hopefully, they expand into profit routes soon.
Think about changing their uniforms...Aloha !

Anybody know when the contracts are up with the government incase trumps idea passes?

Good question. My guess is the end of the current FY ? Does anyone else know.

Dose anyone know if you can commute from NJ? What is the schedule like? Jump seats?

They say cass at the end of the month, and some are and are not, depending where you are based.

SAE

No Cass as of Yet.


Sign a pro rated over 1 year $8000 contract.

Can someone verify?

Taken from the DOT website: "When selecting carriers to provide EAS, the Department generally establishes two-year contracts, however, four-year contracts are increasingly common. This allows for the competitive bidding process to keep subsidy costs in check and to give communities and the Department opportunities to switch air carriers if appropriate. Four-year contracts, proposed by a carrier that has a history of providing reliable EAS at a community and supported by that community provide more certainty for communities and carriers, as well as provide more stability for annual subsidy costs for the Department. By design, the contracts for carriers to provide EAS across the nation expire on a staggered basis throughout the year. "

https://www.transportation.gov/polic...al-air-service

So the expansion started late last year with new routes and renewal of present routes, it would seem logical they would be in effect for at least 2 years from that point.

Any updated info on Southern? Schedule, monthly hours, junior base? I have a phone interview tomorrow too, so if anyone has info on what that's like it would be great to hear.

Thanks

Same here ^