I agree.....There is NO quality control enforced by USAirways or any major with its contract carriers. Just take a look around the next time you walk through the terminal. Hard to imagine anyone with so little pride as some I see in disheveled, incomplete, and mismatched uniforms.
No, Mesa 737's is not a "Chip fact". I know the gentleman who was responsible for proof reading the manuals which once there are serial # specifics supplied for the aircraft will be sent to the Dallas FSDO for approval.
I think they wrote a fairy tale about Chip? Something about "the sky is falling, the sky is falling"? Even if it were true, would anyone believe it? If you listen to his latest, you would believe that MAA will only have 10 airplanes. That in fact is an unsubstantiated rumor started by an MEC member visiting a recent INDOC class. The fact is, there are four aircraft now, two more in the next two weeks, and six in May. MAA has already hired and is training the pilots who will staff those aircraft right now and continues to call furloughed pilots for class. Right seat is at 9/99.
The "Roll Call Four" who Chip has been hounding did something completely unpresidented for the AAA MEC...... They actually followed through on the wish's of their constituants. Can you believe the nerve of those guys??
The disputed aircraft are the PSA CRJ-700's. It was OK for PSA to get enough -200's to relace their 328's and keep their pilots off the street. Now however the MEC is willing to let those -200 options be turned into -700's but not willing to allow the PSA pilots staff them until there are an equal # to either the -328's or the origional # of -200's..... How can the MEC justify allowing the PSA guys to fly 100% of the -200's until all of their pilots are transitioned, but not willing to let them fly the -700's which were origionally -200 options? What are the chances that with 5 or 6 CRJ-700's sitting at Mirabel Airport waiting for delivery, that GECAP will pull ERJ financing? Would make more sense to take those aircraft to someone who can IMMEDIATELY put them into revenue service? Mesa already operates the -700 in IAD for UAL and all of their CRJ pilots are qualified in all three models of the CRJ. That would also limit their exposure as well as fit well within any scope issues.
However those auspices would be applying common sense to aviation.....
No, Mesa 737's is not a "Chip fact". I know the gentleman who was responsible for proof reading the manuals which once there are serial # specifics supplied for the aircraft will be sent to the Dallas FSDO for approval.
I think they wrote a fairy tale about Chip? Something about "the sky is falling, the sky is falling"? Even if it were true, would anyone believe it? If you listen to his latest, you would believe that MAA will only have 10 airplanes. That in fact is an unsubstantiated rumor started by an MEC member visiting a recent INDOC class. The fact is, there are four aircraft now, two more in the next two weeks, and six in May. MAA has already hired and is training the pilots who will staff those aircraft right now and continues to call furloughed pilots for class. Right seat is at 9/99.
The "Roll Call Four" who Chip has been hounding did something completely unpresidented for the AAA MEC...... They actually followed through on the wish's of their constituants. Can you believe the nerve of those guys??
The disputed aircraft are the PSA CRJ-700's. It was OK for PSA to get enough -200's to relace their 328's and keep their pilots off the street. Now however the MEC is willing to let those -200 options be turned into -700's but not willing to allow the PSA pilots staff them until there are an equal # to either the -328's or the origional # of -200's..... How can the MEC justify allowing the PSA guys to fly 100% of the -200's until all of their pilots are transitioned, but not willing to let them fly the -700's which were origionally -200 options? What are the chances that with 5 or 6 CRJ-700's sitting at Mirabel Airport waiting for delivery, that GECAP will pull ERJ financing? Would make more sense to take those aircraft to someone who can IMMEDIATELY put them into revenue service? Mesa already operates the -700 in IAD for UAL and all of their CRJ pilots are qualified in all three models of the CRJ. That would also limit their exposure as well as fit well within any scope issues.
However those auspices would be applying common sense to aviation.....
