9L BOS Closing?
09-06-2011, 04:58 PM
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9L BOS Closing?
Heard the Boston base at Colgan is closing.
My wife has family that works at Presque Isle and PNCL said pulling out of Boston markets before the end of the year.
How many pilots will this displace?
My wife has family that works at Presque Isle and PNCL said pulling out of Boston markets before the end of the year.
How many pilots will this displace?
09-06-2011, 05:08 PM
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Well thats the rumor, nothing officially said yet.... Theres about 44 pilots
09-06-2011, 05:21 PM
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Somebody told me that recently. I honestly forget who. This is the second place I've heard this rumor. It's just that though, a rumor. I heard Piedmont was picking up some of the routes?
Honestly, and I'm not trying to flame bait at all, and I'm certainly NOT trying to get this rumor going, but if it's true, what with all of the XJ Saab bases yet to close, I'm actually surprised the F-word rumor hasn't started floating around. I don't think it'd be very big or very long, but how many pilots can you really displace in such a short period time? We're still hiring though I guess.
Honestly, and I'm not trying to flame bait at all, and I'm certainly NOT trying to get this rumor going, but if it's true, what with all of the XJ Saab bases yet to close, I'm actually surprised the F-word rumor hasn't started floating around. I don't think it'd be very big or very long, but how many pilots can you really displace in such a short period time? We're still hiring though I guess.
09-06-2011, 05:26 PM
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And Piedmont takes over SYR on Oct 1st
Again a rumor but heard today that we applied to get out our EAS contracts up here this morning. NOTHiNG confirmed though
09-06-2011, 05:36 PM
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09-06-2011, 05:49 PM
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Fair enough, I certainly can't dispute it. I don't know how many more CRJ and/or Q vacancies are going to open up during these next 3 realignments but the displacements went pretty deep down the list on the first one.
09-06-2011, 06:35 PM
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I wouldn't say that any pro-rate turboprop flying is 'very profitable' right now. The heyday of the 30-seat turboprops was the late 80's, early 90's, and then you had $20-$30 oil thereabouts (adjusted for inflation). The cost structure of these airplanes has rocketed upward, and the revenue potential obviously hasn't.
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