DJ Turboprops announced in Skywest tie up
E190, operating the thin routes which is what they have already started to operate.
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newsensation, I can't see virgin attracting Q400 Qlink guys to another Q400. Their conditions are far superior.
They will come over to jets though. I still wonder where the hell will all the pilots come from?
They will come over to jets though. I still wonder where the hell will all the pilots come from?
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Sorry but you misunderstand the mood within the Link. The Engineers are already walking. The Pilots dont have jet progression anyway, staff travel is a joke and they simply have had enough of the Bankstown Aero Club mafia and ready to walk. The flight attendants already walk straight from the aircraft to the carpark after a flight. The mothership needs to have an urgent review of the link management team now before the festering boil explodes.
If they could recapture the mood and drive of Sunstate some years ago , crew would flock to the new venture in droves. The crews already have great corporate knowledge of the proposed routes and aircraft, just need the right people at the top.
Sorry but you misunderstand the mood within the Link. The Engineers are already walking. The Pilots dont have jet progression anyway, staff travel is a joke and they simply have had enough of the Bankstown Aero Club mafia and ready to walk. The flight attendants already walk straight from the aircraft to the carpark after a flight. The mothership needs to have an urgent review of the link management team now before the festering boil explodes.
If they could recapture the mood and drive of Sunstate some years ago , crew would flock to the new venture in droves. The crews already have great corporate knowledge of the proposed routes and aircraft, just need the right people at the top.
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So Skywest will operate the aircraft that are owned and painted in VB colours. Sounds like a simliar setup to one that Qantas currently have, also in Perth.
Will the rest of the Skywest fleet remain in current branding or will they also gain the new VB regional paint job?
Will the rest of the Skywest fleet remain in current branding or will they also gain the new VB regional paint job?
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I've flown with a great many ex-Qlink pilots and they all say the sameas Bill.
Even though Skywest will be operating the aircraft and not Virgin Blue, Skywest can still offer progression to a jet (F100 or A320) if thats what you want plus you don't hear many (if any) complaints about the T and C's at Skywest.
Even though Skywest will be operating the aircraft and not Virgin Blue, Skywest can still offer progression to a jet (F100 or A320) if thats what you want plus you don't hear many (if any) complaints about the T and C's at Skywest.
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So with QF buying Network, and DJ making an alliance with XR, I wonder how many PH based QQ pilots are busy updating their resumes right now.
You most certainly do. Although probably not as much as others.
you don't hear many (if any) complaints about the T and C's at Skywest
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the only mistake VB have made so far with choosing a type is the A330. should have gone for 767-400. Very much like a 777. 737-700 and 737-800 aren't really considered different type.
You might find that this whole operation will be separate to the current XR operation. Hopes of career progression onto larger, faster aircraft types may not be an option.
As mentioned earlier this may be a similar deal to Cobham, who have split up their various operations under different AOC's.
As mentioned earlier this may be a similar deal to Cobham, who have split up their various operations under different AOC's.
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So many questions, so much speculation.
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Yes it will be separate.You will find Skywest will continue as normal with the F100's and F50's and i think you will find that no new turboprops will be based in the West at all.
This will be treated as a separate division of Skywest.
This will be treated as a separate division of Skywest.
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Australian Aviatation are reporting Skywest also plan to operate the same aircraft type in it's own right on the WA Coastal routes, so it looks like there will be some new turboprops in the West.
767 was probably the first choice but due to the TARDIS being delayed a decade the cost of a 767 is too much $$$$$$.
TARDIS = 787, both believed to do great things but have you ever seen either one flying?
TARDIS = 787, both believed to do great things but have you ever seen either one flying?
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B Bill was more referring to Sunstate i suppose. I still cant see Qlink guys going to vb regional. I'm very good at being wrong though lately. They'll be targeting the jet jobs still. Will be interesting from a recruiting perspective.
As for engineers and fa's yes well qlink could find themselves in deepsh!t there.
Empire I think JB wanted 76's but couldn't get them. Someone enlighten me where are they going to park them?
QQ pilots? Well they ain't going to go and fly a Dash 8 are they? I wonder if the penny has dropped over in the west that vb are there to stay. Hellloooo they are bringing a two new types in specifically for one state! Yoohooo...
Skywest TC's? XR320/100 would be the people to ask. They do seem to have quite a few departures these days unlike years ago when basically noone left. Was THE job to have. Ultimately though which regional/charter mob doesn't loose pilots to majors?
As for engineers and fa's yes well qlink could find themselves in deepsh!t there.
Empire I think JB wanted 76's but couldn't get them. Someone enlighten me where are they going to park them?
QQ pilots? Well they ain't going to go and fly a Dash 8 are they? I wonder if the penny has dropped over in the west that vb are there to stay. Hellloooo they are bringing a two new types in specifically for one state! Yoohooo...
Skywest TC's? XR320/100 would be the people to ask. They do seem to have quite a few departures these days unlike years ago when basically noone left. Was THE job to have. Ultimately though which regional/charter mob doesn't loose pilots to majors?
Someone enlighten me where are they going to park them?