Skyhawk 1
jolly nice of you to come to their defense, but a few questions for you.
You say, "if you guys knew anything about business"
well have you worked in the contract envinronment?
have you been typed by a company or seen it done on a new fleet type?
Are you aware of just how much is involved in adding an aircraft type to an AOC? not to mention adding initial crew training to this.
Why do you think it is more economical for a new start up integrating a new type, to also incur the expense of training up crew, when there is obviously qualified typed current crew available to fill these slots.
Now you have implied that you do know business, by saying we do not, so:
How many start ups integrating a new widebody type have you observed over the years?
I have seen a few, as I have been flying contract widebody for some time, 747 freighters, and others.
I have seen these companies come and go, and the vast majority do go, if they even manage to start.
Are you aware of the current availablility of 747 Freighters these days? They are a pretty lean commodity, 100`s of which there are a few, are range limited for the routes they suggest, 200 Freighters are basically not available, as those that are have already been spoken for, which accounts for new conversions being done, ( at great cost)
300 freighters, not certified in Canada, or the US, so nope.
400 freighters, no way does cost to return work here with a startup, onea/c operation.
So I suggest that you perhaps read between the lines of some posting, as they are current, and typed, and have been turned down, this in itself suggests that this is at this point no more than a feeler excersise at best
Oh one last point, ya sure it`s a "gutsy move" to try these days, but as you may be well aware there has also been a ton of guys screwed by just such gutsy moves, and in the contract envinronment it is best for everyone concerned to go in eyes wide open, which is exactly why there is a healthy dose of scepticism exibited here.
Skyhawk 1, it is certainly does not show a lack of professionalism to do as much research as possible on any prospective company.