Rex dropping routes, Pilot shortage or ticket sales.
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Who do you think would be taking over/buying out the company?? VB/Tiger?
A nice little monopoly
See youse!
Rumour has it that it may be Singaporean connection. So I guess Tiger does come readily to mind. Mind you as I said, any new owners will still have the severe crewing issues that have caused so many problems for REX, and will continue to do so for some time!
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I guess unless the 'new owner' has more of a different approach to its staff and uses 'A320' or Embraer aircraft which may bring with it more re-numeration.
It will be interesting to see how true the rumors are ? There is definitely something going on. As was just said it gives a bigger company a huge regional monopoly
It will be interesting to see how true the rumors are ? There is definitely something going on. As was just said it gives a bigger company a huge regional monopoly
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FINALLY!!! The pilot shortage covered by ch 10
Tomorrow night at 5 ch 10 are doing an in depth story re the pilot shortage.
"The crisis in regional aviation, and its got nothing to do with rising fuel prices" was the description.
Lots of footage of REX.
Maybe the public will finally realise how bad T and Cs are
"The crisis in regional aviation, and its got nothing to do with rising fuel prices" was the description.
Lots of footage of REX.
Maybe the public will finally realise how bad T and Cs are
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'stoob's it will be interesting to watch that's for sure from our point of view (pilots) but to the public they won't care too much. I believe as long as the plane is available for flying (for now) then the general public couldn't care less or be able to do anyting about it anyway. It will only be when REX are all but closed down that the public might jump up & down but there won't be again anything they can do about that either. All a public airing will do of the lousy way REX are handling the pilot crisis is get higher TV ratings. the 'fix' won't come from the public.
It's just the way i see it. In fact I have mentioned over the past year or so to various non flying family & friends that the industry is suffering & most either don't know too much about it or have any idea how it will effect them because all they see is a constant air fare war which is all that counts for them. We are the ones battling the war for better T&C's not the general public.
'whethereyet' I'm not going to get into a slagging match as to whether or not pilots link ego's or penis sizes with A/c types all I know is that pilots in general want to move forward, being at the regionals for life when yr young am sure isn't going to happen to too many money or no money!
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It's just the way i see it. In fact I have mentioned over the past year or so to various non flying family & friends that the industry is suffering & most either don't know too much about it or have any idea how it will effect them because all they see is a constant air fare war which is all that counts for them. We are the ones battling the war for better T&C's not the general public.
'whethereyet' I'm not going to get into a slagging match as to whether or not pilots link ego's or penis sizes with A/c types all I know is that pilots in general want to move forward, being at the regionals for life when yr young am sure isn't going to happen to too many money or no money!
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Yeah, I wouldn't recommend anyone here hold their breath waiting for the media to put the truth of the matter out there...
Remember, airlines = advertising dollars!
Naturally when the fat lady has already sung, gone home and had a shower, the media will announce the 'breaking news'.
Remember, airlines = advertising dollars!
Naturally when the fat lady has already sung, gone home and had a shower, the media will announce the 'breaking news'.
I caught it on the ch10 11am news. Was a 2-3 minute piece focused on the Cooma-Sydney route Rex cancellation. A lot of fluff including an AOPA boffin blaming it on airlines "poaching" (yes he used that word) the rex pilots. And guess what- nota SINGLE mention of rex pilot pay and conditions- the pilots are made to look like the bad guys YET AGAIN.
Got it in one Chadzat.
Also no actual comment from REX management or REX pilots. A.O.P.A, what a joke. Of course it's not in their interest to state the real cause of the shortage.
Another example of quality journalism.
Also no actual comment from REX management or REX pilots. A.O.P.A, what a joke. Of course it's not in their interest to state the real cause of the shortage.
Another example of quality journalism.
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Just saw it replayed on tens late news, a couple of things come to mind:
1) Is it possible AOPA have lost their way? Who are they actually representing? They only gave the worn out old company spin, 'massive pilot shortage' etc;
2) Today's media is too bone lazy to do any real investigating and reporting, they'd much rather recycle the garbage that they are told to say by those who send in the advertising dollars;
3) Government loans for training might be nice, but they will not replace decent wages.
4) Why the hell were they recycling Cooma when the situation there has been reported for several months anyway?
The whole thing is a joke.
1) Is it possible AOPA have lost their way? Who are they actually representing? They only gave the worn out old company spin, 'massive pilot shortage' etc;
2) Today's media is too bone lazy to do any real investigating and reporting, they'd much rather recycle the garbage that they are told to say by those who send in the advertising dollars;
3) Government loans for training might be nice, but they will not replace decent wages.
4) Why the hell were they recycling Cooma when the situation there has been reported for several months anyway?
The whole thing is a joke.
They actually did mention pay in that news clipping (11am Ch. TEN, re: Cooma services). Admittedly it wasn't "REX" pay, but they said that pilots were moving on for better dollars. It was brief, but it was mentioned.
