Ascend Airways has cut its Pilot Workforce.
 

I've seen a few mentions today of people looking for work from Ascend Airways, putting 2 & 2 together it looks like they may have dropped people mid type rating too.

Is this the start of a wider trend? Eitherway, not a good look for the airline.

The ACMI market is oversaturated with capacity at the moment. Combine that with increased fuel costs, amongst many other factors, it's creating some short term uncertainty.

None of the ACMIs will be missed at all. Ta-Ta!

Tell that to the people who have just received their redundancy notice

Here here.

Those who accepted working in worse conditions or P2F schemes working for legacy carriers? I dont

This is a really stupid and selfish post. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I share the same concerns over pay to fly, however, being happy because colleagues are facing job losses is disgusting. Shame on you.

I was with you a couple of years ago, then it dawned on me... These guys exist purely and simply because the household airline brands we know and love refuse to hire the proper number of pilots due to seasonal imbalances. Blame them first! The mafia bosses are only providing a service that's much in demand from April-October!

True, but try to go and ask the hundreds of piltos and CC from dumblynx left home from one day to another wihtout months of salary (and as of now aviasolutionsgroup blocked all comments on ther linkedin profile to avoid having people complaining, what a s h i t show)...the ones that were so unlucky to based at that time in India had to go back home on their means.

Is Ascend now "dead" then? or operating with a minimum number of crew still? if "dead" will the Ascend CEO return to the family business (Titan)?.

The company isn't dead.
There are excellent people working there.
They are fulfilling a role and plugging gaps that airlines have.

Some of the posts here are from people with probably no experience of the Airline or ACMI operations or are bitter that they didn't get in.

A few of EIUK cabin crew had just started training with them ,but told a week in ,that they were not needed!....

ACMI has always been quite cyclical — when conditions tighten, it tends to expose how sensitive the model can be to demand and contract structure.

Avion Express is also cutting jobs, hopefully they will go bust soon
A reminder, one of Avion Express “ ICAO” non EU citizen got caught flying over Europe with forged papers, no I won’t feel any sorry if these circuses go out of business

I contacted when they seemed to constantly be recruiting , never got a reply

Please stop wishing on airlines going bust.

Find your emotional intelligence and have some empathy, real human beings with bills to pay work for these airlines you despise.

Zen Creampie
I have read several different threads in which you look forward to the demise of ACMI companies.
It is becoming increasingly obvious you have no idea what these companies do and why there is a need for them.
You wishing that hundreds iid not thousands of people are put out of a job is despicable and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Looking at your previous posts, you are probably a joy to fly with, however I wouldn't bet too much on you actually being in any seat.

What some short sighted immature unintelligent poster fail to understand is that if and when an airline fails, it throws pilots onto the pile of unemployed pilots looking for work. Whether you agree or disagree with terms and conditions at any ACMIs, what you don’t want is anyone prepared to work on less terms and conditions than you, looking for work and applying to your company. This would only hold back your company needing to improve your terms and conditions. Stop being pathetic and wishing others in need of a job. It’s supply and demands and the only thing you can blame is those companies that use ACMIs. Everyone wants cheap flights and holidays, blame them as well.

The fact of the matter is X pilots dumped onto the pilot market is not good news. Not for any pilot anywhere.

Supply V Demand ….. simple