Griffo,

Yes, I must admit that, when you run one flight a day, it is pretty hard to get OFF schedule...especially when every other aircraft must hold/slow down/get out of the way due to ATC BIAS!!:E :E :E :{

"Bloggs, put your flak jacket on..."

Yeh, Skywest know all about being embarassed.....remember early in the Argyle contract :hmm: ( for the slow ones, the 146 doing argyle flight(s) )

Anyhow, get the boots in while you can boys, soon to be twice as many DC9s doing 4 times as many flights than Ftrucks in WA, you can wave as they pass you ( look up ):ok:

PS. dont look in the flight deck, the shade of green you turn may be a bit obvious:p

Having flown in both aircraft I find the F100 to be a quieter more comfortable aircraft. No bias, just personal choice Bloggsy, and XR are doing pretty well on their northern jet routes considering all the crtics only predicted they would last a few months going to BME/DRW , KTA/PHE etc.

8 July 2005
MEDIA RELEASE

RECORD PASSENGER NUMBERS FOR SKYWEST

Skywest airlines today announced a more than 7 per cent increase in forecast passenger numbers for the period ending June 30 2005.

Skywest Chief Executive Officer Johanna Ramsay said Skywest carried a total of 321,365 passengers up to June 30 – a record for the airline.

Ms Ramsay said the record result was more than 21,000 greater than the airline’s forecast of 300,000 passengers for the 12-month period and exceeded the 2003-04 year by 81,263

“This is an outstanding result for Skywest and now exceeds the number of passengers carried prior to the collapse of Ansett by 54,395,” she said.

“Our strong performance further underlines our status as the ailrine of choice for regional Western Australia.”

“The collapse of Ansett was a turbulent time for regional airlines in Western Australia and we are confident that with the continuing boom in the State’s resources sector and economy we can continue to build on this outstanding result.”

Ms Ramsay said that the growth in passenger numbers was across the majority of routes serviced by the airline, including its major coastal ports.

She said Skywest would continue to look at ways of capitalising on the growth in passenger numbers to ensure more frequent and better services.

“It has always been our priority to work closely with regional communities to build passenger numbers and improve services on all our routes and we are now well placed to further look at ways of improving frequency and services,” she said.

“We have already signed a number of important interline agreements this year that will greatly boost international travellers visiting regional WA and we are working on further strategies to assist regional areas lift intrastate travel.”

End of Media Release.

Hey Topend3,

That is a wonderful bit of propaganda.

The 717 is a nicer jet than the Fokker.

THE END.

:cool:

So the 717 broke down, who cares, schitt happens. Murphys law at work. Get over it. Even Bill Gates has had a major stuff up, wasn't it when he was launching Windows 95 or something, the more stable, virtually un-crashable operating system for PC's? Gues what, it crashed on him in front of 500 media dudes during a presentation.

Life goes on

Comfort!!!
I have not travelled on a F100 in Australia, not many would have. I have over seas and my impression is that it was as about as comfortable as riding on the back of a F100, Ford F100 that is. Noisy and horrible. It may be ok up front but the back is shocking.