JET MIDWEST TECHNIK MRO: Services

[IcedTeAA]

Anyone heard that Jet Midwest is getting AAs MD80 work? Heard that they are looking to hire 700+ people. They have only been around since 1997 and have taken over the AAs overhaul facilities at MCI.

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[Buck]

The way I heard it was that STS AEROSPACE at MCI was hiring 400+ to do the MD80's? Somehow both stories are at.MCI MRO SERVICES

C CHECK:
Jet Midwest Technik performs C-Checks and Annual Visits on MD80 and 737 (all series) aircraft fleets Interior modifications In-house component supply and paint facility reduces downtime in the check Adding 767-200/300 and A320 series capabilities 4Q 2011

 

[Bob Owens]

700, 400 maybe they should ask AAR about trying to find workers. Nobody is going to move away from home across country for $20/hr. I remember turning down UAL even though they were offering around $3/hr more back in 1986 because the AA job offer did not require a move but UAL did.

 

[Buck]

True, however skip employment for the moment and look at the MD80 work.

At TUL there is a massive amount of AMT's associated with this program. There will be a cost to train these employees for the 737. I do not know the exact RIF rules coming out of bankruptcy negotiations, but there will be churn even locally.

On a side note, the company expects to fly the MD80's 8 or 9 more years.

 

[FWAAA]

On a side note, the company expects to fly the MD80's 8 or 9 more years.

I don't think AA will fly a single MD-80 beyond 2016. AA has 133 737s scheduled for delivery between now and 2017 plus 130 Airbus narrowbodies for delivery between 2013 and 2017. So a total of 233 narrowbody planes for delivery by 2017. AA currently has just about 200 MD-80s remaining in the active fleet and AA has 16 777s on the way. I don't see any MD-80s hanging around for more than four or five years, let alone eight or nine years.

 

[Buck]

I don't think AA will fly a single MD-80 beyond 2016. AA has 133 737s scheduled for delivery between now and 2017 plus 130 Airbus narrowbodies for delivery between now and 2017. So a total of 233 narrowbody planes for delivery by 2017. AA currently has just about 200 MD-80s remaining in the active fleet and AA has 16 777s on the way. I don't see any MD-80s hanging around for more than four or five years, let alone eight or nine years.

I said 8 or 9 years because that is what a VP said in an employee conference call.

 

[TulsaTurd]

700, 400 maybe they should ask AAR about trying to find workers. Nobody is going to move away from home across country for $20/hr. I remember turning down UAL even though they were offering around $3/hr more back in 1986 because the AA job offer did not require a move but UAL did.

No need for anyone to move, STS can probably fill a great percentage of those numbers from former MCI employees that chose not to let AA bend them over any longer. BTW they are paying $25 not $20.

 

[Slopoke]

I said 8 or 9 years because that is what a VP said in an employee conference call.

Yeah, I've heard that before. It means they won't be around for long. Just ask the AirCal guys from hangar six. "You will be here for two more years". One year later the base was closed.

 

[FWAAA]

I said 8 or 9 years because that is what a VP said in an employee conference call.

I understand. I'm not calling you a liar or saying you're wrong - I just don't believe whomever told you that they'd be around for another eight or nine years. Prior to the bankruptcy filing, it was obvious that the MD-80s couldn't be replaced all at once, but the timeframe was shorter than eight or nine more years.

How can you tell that a VP on a conference call is not being truthful? You can hear their voice.

 

[jimntx]

Yeah, I've heard that before. It means they won't be around for long. Just ask the AirCal guys from hangar six. "You will be here for two more years". One year later the base was closed.

AMEN! A friend of mine who is still based at STL told me that Lauri Curtis, VP of Flight Service, told them at a base meeting that "there are no plans at this time to close the STL f/a base." I aksed my friend if she had started packing yet. I spent too many years in major industry not to know that the phrase "at this time" is the only operative phrase in that statement. It may actually mean there are no plans; or, it may mean "check back with me in 15 minutes"; or, it may mean "the closure documents are enroute, but have not landed on my desk yet."

 

[aapitbull]

I did a little reasearch into this company and found they currently have a few former AA MD82/83 for sale or lease out on the internet so it is likely true that you will be working on AA Md 80's the question is whether any of them will still be flying for us,assuming anyone goes to work there.