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At this time at Felix Airways, inorder to fly the CRJ 700NG, YOU HAVE TO BE A CSP. The reason behind it is Bombardier. They do not need F/O's for the 700 but Instructor Captains for now. This information is direct from Capt Habib Ibrahim COO of Felix. Ofcourse things can change soon cause there are not alot of people willing to come here or qualified as instructors. For FAA guys your check airman letter will do the job uless you have a CFI/II/MEI on your ATP. And make sure you have the circle to land restriction REMOVED
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CSP is Customer Service Pilot. to become a CSP you have to go through interview and training with Bombardier. Also pretty much only AVIONCO pilots get it. Don't ask why I do not know. As far as the CRJ 200, have no idea when its coming. supposly it should be in Sanaa Yemen on the 15th but...GOD knows.
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it was to go on a test flight today. I would think in the next few days if noting is wrong.
Paint shop in Ontario is chomping at the bit....
The earliest this plane will arrive in Yemen will be the end of the month.
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The CSP position is a bait and switch deal the Dodds use to get guys in the door then screw them with drawn out long term contracts that rarely get paid on time, less all the perks of the CSP contract(this is why you accepted it to start with-paid days off, buisness class ticket, year long employment. Beware of Avionco and Bombardier as they are joined at the hip due to the relationship of the Avionco ownership and a longtime rep at Bombardier. They work together and I am pretty sure both get kick backs from these contracts.
The current state of aviation is this: jobs are scarce however working for Avionco you are shooting yourself bigtime. NO ONE has had a positive experience with these jerkoffs. The contracts are so loose and open to whatever,whenever by whoever.
Run if you know what is good for you. Anyone with any sense would say F!@K Avionco and Bombardier.
The current state of aviation is this: jobs are scarce however working for Avionco you are shooting yourself bigtime. NO ONE has had a positive experience with these jerkoffs. The contracts are so loose and open to whatever,whenever by whoever.
Run if you know what is good for you. Anyone with any sense would say F!@K Avionco and Bombardier.
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1st CRJ-200
The first -200 acceptance flight is finally scheduled for Monday. If all goes well, it will be off to Toronto for paint. I would guess the ferry will be around 28 November.
Finally, some movement.
Finally, some movement.
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You can keep track of the first -200 here:
FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > N636BR
and the second one here:
FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > N637BR
Both planes are still in the Chicago area.
The second -700 was being delivered, I'm told.
FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > N636BR
and the second one here:
FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > N637BR
Both planes are still in the Chicago area.
The second -700 was being delivered, I'm told.
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On Dec 18, 2008, it will be a month since the N636BR flew its acceptance flight, and should have gone to paint.
Even an optimist would not guess that anything will happen over Xmas, so my best guest would be that if everything is worked out, the plane won't be completed with its paint until Feb 1. That's a best case scenario. Naturally, after months of delays (the original date given to start was the end of Sept 2008), I expect the worst.
Those of us who have signed contracts to fly (months ago) have not been paid a penny (well, I guess I can only speak for me). Plus, my recurrent times out in April, as it will for the captains that Felix trained in Oct 2008. I'm sure there are folks who time out before me.
My hunch is that they are trying to cut a "super duper deal" on the planes, or cutting the same kind of deal to get out of the aircraft leases altogether. They have a bunch of money in them (like multiple 6 figure amount), but it still may be cheaper to let them go now, during a world wide economic meltdown, and collapse of oil that provides the financing.
Even an optimist would not guess that anything will happen over Xmas, so my best guest would be that if everything is worked out, the plane won't be completed with its paint until Feb 1. That's a best case scenario. Naturally, after months of delays (the original date given to start was the end of Sept 2008), I expect the worst.
Those of us who have signed contracts to fly (months ago) have not been paid a penny (well, I guess I can only speak for me). Plus, my recurrent times out in April, as it will for the captains that Felix trained in Oct 2008. I'm sure there are folks who time out before me.
My hunch is that they are trying to cut a "super duper deal" on the planes, or cutting the same kind of deal to get out of the aircraft leases altogether. They have a bunch of money in them (like multiple 6 figure amount), but it still may be cheaper to let them go now, during a world wide economic meltdown, and collapse of oil that provides the financing.
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Great news. Sounds like the mechanics are going to do a run-up today on 7BR to check for a 14th stage bleed leak (after they replace the clamp). Both planes appear to have very few write ups, considering how much work was done.
Heck, we can just get some white paint from Home Depot, and paint over the "Independence Air"... we're good to go.
Here's the fleet:
Felix Airways
Hub: Sana | IATA: FO | ICAO: FXX |
C/N model registration former airline delivered to
7307 CRJ200 ER N636BR Independence Air ACA - Atlantic Coast Airlines
7308 CRJ200 ER N637BR Independence Air ACA - Atlantic Coast Airlines
10267 CRJ700 Srs 701 7O-FAA Felix Airways
10268 CRJ700 Srs 701 7O-FAB Felix Airways
What's a Srs 701 ? (edit
As of August 2005, Bombardier was marketing two models varying in size in a two-class layout cabin: the CRJ700 Series 701 for 64- to 70-seat, and the CRJ700 Series 705 for 75-seat. Each CRJ700 Series has two additional variants providing Extended Range (ER) and Long Range (LR). The production engine for new build CRJ700s is the CF34-8C5B1
Heck, we can just get some white paint from Home Depot, and paint over the "Independence Air"... we're good to go.
Here's the fleet:
Felix Airways
Hub: Sana | IATA: FO | ICAO: FXX |
C/N model registration former airline delivered to
7307 CRJ200 ER N636BR Independence Air ACA - Atlantic Coast Airlines
7308 CRJ200 ER N637BR Independence Air ACA - Atlantic Coast Airlines
10267 CRJ700 Srs 701 7O-FAA Felix Airways
10268 CRJ700 Srs 701 7O-FAB Felix Airways
What's a Srs 701 ? (edit
As of August 2005, Bombardier was marketing two models varying in size in a two-class layout cabin: the CRJ700 Series 701 for 64- to 70-seat, and the CRJ700 Series 705 for 75-seat. Each CRJ700 Series has two additional variants providing Extended Range (ER) and Long Range (LR). The production engine for new build CRJ700s is the CF34-8C5B1
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News from Yemen
Three Germans — an aid worker based in Yemen and her visiting mother and father — were kidnapped Monday by Bani Dhabyan tribesmen in Dhamar province, located about 65 miles south of San'a.
The kidnappers' leader, Sheik Abed Rabbo Saleh al-Tam, had also demanded the release of a cleric, Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, jailed in the United States on terrorism charges.Al-Moayad was sentenced in 2005 in New York to 75 years in prison for supporting terrorism. Al-Moayad was convicted of conspiring to support and attempting to support al-Qaida and the Palestinian extremist group Hamas.
He was lured to Germany by two FBI informants in 2003 and secretly recorded promising to funnel money to Hamas and al-Qaida. He also boasted that Osama bin Laden called him "my sheik." He was arrested by German police and sent to the United States.
The kidnappers' leader, Sheik Abed Rabbo Saleh al-Tam, had also demanded the release of a cleric, Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, jailed in the United States on terrorism charges.Al-Moayad was sentenced in 2005 in New York to 75 years in prison for supporting terrorism. Al-Moayad was convicted of conspiring to support and attempting to support al-Qaida and the Palestinian extremist group Hamas.
He was lured to Germany by two FBI informants in 2003 and secretly recorded promising to funnel money to Hamas and al-Qaida. He also boasted that Osama bin Laden called him "my sheik." He was arrested by German police and sent to the United States.
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Chairman of the company board, Saleh al-Awaji thanked the government of Yemen for their investment support, indicating again the importance of choosing Aden as their first destination, indicating the importance of the city. Aden will have the lion's share of flights, which will be not less than [bold]five flights per day[/bold] by the end of 2009
OYSN to OYAA 163° 165nm !!!! Sounds like a job for a Q-400.
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18 October 2008
SANA'A, Oct. 18 (Saba) - Prime Minister Ali Mujawar launched Saturday the low-cost domestic carrier Felix Airways' first flight from Sana'a to Aden.
The executive director of the Felix Airways Mohammed al-Arashah said the company's fleet would be eight Canadian Bombardier 74-passenger planes by the end of August of 2009, four of which the company would receive till(by?) the end of this December.
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It's interesting to note that I have yet to see the -200's mentioned in any press release. Not once.
OYSN to OYAA 163° 165nm !!!! Sounds like a job for a Q-400.
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18 October 2008
SANA'A, Oct. 18 (Saba) - Prime Minister Ali Mujawar launched Saturday the low-cost domestic carrier Felix Airways' first flight from Sana'a to Aden.
The executive director of the Felix Airways Mohammed al-Arashah said the company's fleet would be eight Canadian Bombardier 74-passenger planes by the end of August of 2009, four of which the company would receive till(by?) the end of this December.
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It's interesting to note that I have yet to see the -200's mentioned in any press release. Not once.
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Hi Tony, any good new from Felix? do you have any idea about how many pilots Capt and FO they will need?
The current 2 operating CRJ-700's I presume are fully staffed. And the two CRJ-200's that are still sitting in KRFD... I personally guess (based on a lot of conjecture, since again, I really do not get updated) that those -200's won't fly in revenue service until sometime in the summer. So, no crews needed there for quite some time.
The remaining 6 CRJ-700's that will probably be delivered through 2009, I have no idea where the crews will come from. I had heard that Avionco got fired, and their crews were sent home. That presumably leaves Yemenia pilots to Captain the planes, with ??? as FO's. I wouldn't even want to guess who might do that.
It makes sense to me that those of us who have held a contract for months to fly the two CRJ-200's would be put to work flying those new -700's, but I predict that won't happen.
The last email that I got from my broker at "Brookfield" was Dec 8. Nothing since then.