Piedmont Losing 4,000 Hrs Of Flying

[NCflyer]

ORF/PHF was a large base wasn't it? It seems they would have to move the flying somewhere else. I was talking to an F/A I know in CLT and this month they only had 8 hard lines. Where are all those crews from ORF going to go?

[post="298134"][/post]​

At one time ORF/PHF was PDT's largest crew base. I don't know for sure where it stands at the moment although there has been some reduction in the manning level there. The Oct base manning list shows 61 pilots & 37 F/A's based there.

 

[PropPiedmont]

This is the Piedmont MEC hotline for September 11, 2005.

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The MEC office is continuing to query Piedmont management as to its plans relative to the closure of Norfolk / Newport News. Although no information has been provided as to whether or not the flying will be reallocated to other bases, all Piedmont pilots are urged to consider the impact a reduction of flying may have upon their careers, and plan accordingly.

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That's all for this Piedmont MEC update.

 

[PropPiedmont]

So now it's looking like we might be losing more than 4,000 hours of flying.

 

[av8or]

maybe some extra flying here, at the bottom of this article

Also Monday, US Airways said it would restore flights from Pittsburgh to State College and three cities in upstate New York.

Daily flights to State College begin Oct. 13; flights to Ithaca, N.Y., begin Nov. 9. Also that day, the airline plans to add a flight to Johnstown and White Plains, N.Y., giving each city four a day.

 

[FM2436]

The September 2005 VP maintenance report mentions the following:

A campaign is underway to install electronic passenger briefing units onto our fleet. Installation will focus on the 300 fleet initially.

A tenative plan is work for the establishment of a paint line to accomplish the livbery change on our DHC-8 fleet (Personnally, I can't wait to see a new painted dash-8)

Fleet Watch
100s 37
200s 9
300s 12

56 revenue lines in September.
827EX will return 10/1.
1 operatinal spare.
837EX in 40K.
1 maintenacne spare.
844EX & 846EX will be removed from revenue service 10/1 and prepared for return to the lessor.

 

[Art at ISP]

What exactly is an electronic passenger briefing unit? Is that the prerecorded safety announcement tape?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Best regards,
Art

 

[FM2436]

What exactly is an electronic passenger briefing unit? Is that the prerecorded safety announcement tape?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Best regards,
Art

[post="300369"][/post]​

Art, here's the full text:

"A campaign is underway to install the electronic passenger briefing units onto our fleet. This installation will focus on the 300 fleet intially. The prototype installation was done in ROA on aircraft 328EN. We are doing provisionary installations only until the engineering is fully developed for the mounting of the unit and those units are programmed with the required messages."

 

[a320av8r]

What exactly is an electronic passenger briefing unit? Is that the prerecorded safety announcement tape?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Best regards,
Art

[post="300369"][/post]​

Yes, like on the RJ's.

 

[fr8tmastr]

Yes in another brilliant cost saving move by the braintrust in need of further bonuses. They removed the system already in use in the former ALG aircraft, just to turn around and reinstall it. Its not these kinds of decisions that cost Airways money, no, no, its the flight crews.