XJ LGA Flying to end Dec. 23/BOS to reduce

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09-07-2011, 02:18 PM

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Fly782

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Originally Posted by IlliniPilot99

gotcha its not closing till early 2012, just reduced for now... thanks

A little warmer, except it could end as soon as someone picks up the EAS contracts, otherwise forsure early 2012 but could happen next month if someone moved in to take over

09-07-2011, 02:37 PM

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FlyJSH

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Originally Posted by joethepilot

This is bad news.... might need the extra pilots now for the training bubble but what happens to them when that bubble goes away? I see furloughs in our future. crap, I see a second furlough in as many years in my future. I picked the wrong day to quit drinking.

Furloughs? Really?? C'mon. 40 pilots is 1.4% of the total group. Hard to believe any company, especially, one who cancelled FO vacations last month, cannot absorb those folks.

09-07-2011, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by FlyJSH

Furloughs? Really?? C'mon. 40 pilots is 1.4% of the total group. Hard to believe any company, especially, one who cancelled FO vacations last month, cannot absorb those folks.

Exactly!

Relax people, the sky is not falling....at least not yet.

09-07-2011, 03:02 PM

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jayray2

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Originally Posted by Cruise

Exactly!

Relax people, the sky is not falling....at least not yet.

It just doesn't sound good that the company is pulling out of this flying only because of company organizational issues, this is only going to make things worse. It will cause more training events, require more pilots come off the line and make this thing an even big cluster. It makes the problem they are trying to solve that much worse.

09-07-2011, 03:18 PM

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djrogs03

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Can anyone say they really didnt see this coming?

We all knew the slot swap thing was going to shut down USair regional flying at LGA...Boston is no surprise, 44 pilots really isnt enough to make the costs worth it...

Aren't the Colgan Airline Service Agreements month to month because of poor performance anyway?