We are living in a time and culture where something doesn’t attract much attention unless it is the fastest, or the biggest, or the newest. We tend to be that way in aviation too, but don’t overlook some very interesting jobs available today flying turboprops. Great Lakes Aviation has been in business for a long time flying very tough and reliable turboprops such as the Beech 1900 and the Embraer Brazilia, and is expanding its route structure.
My name is Jason Ginn. I am a pilot with American Eagle Airlines, and currently I fly the CRJ-700. I have (in my opinion) the best job in the world, and from time to time I will be contributing to this Blog to tell you about it.
AirTran’s plan to buy Midwest Airlines in late 2007 failed, but it’s still determined to take away part of Midwest’s business with a new marketing plan – along with a big increase in flights from Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport.
Canadair Regional Jet manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace announced that Colgan Air has signed a firm order to buy 15 Q400 NextGen airliners. This purchase is in addition to the 15 aircraft order Pinnacle announced in January. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen aircraft, the contract is valued at approximately $432 million.
American Airlines became the second airline this week to announce that they will be recalling furloughed pilots. A spokesman for American said the pilots were being recalled to fly new aircraft being added to its fleet, new routes being added to its schedule and to replace pilots who are retiring.
At ATP, the last stage in flight training is our Regional Jet Standards Certification Program. It is designed to expose a student to the accelerated pace of a Part 121 airline training program. Learning to perform up to airline standards will greatly increase your chances of success when you have to do it during Initial Flight Training at your new airline. A good Jet Transition course like ours is designed to help a pilot make several transitions actually.
Airtran Airways reported today that it will recall to flight duty all of the pilots it has remaining on furlough. AirTran also announced today that passenger traffic has increased 2.3 percent in January, while its load factor has jumped 5.8 percent.
Frontier Airlines posted $18.7 million in profit in December, in spite of a recession, a collapse in the financial markets and a sharp decline in travel to post its best numbers ever for the month.
The Airline Industry is beginning to add new flights to new cities. Some of
these flights are being returned
to the airline schedules because they were cut last year in
response to record high fuel prices in 2008. The following airlines have added flights to these pairs of cities:
Delta Airlines:
Allegiant Air:
AirTran:
Continental Airlines:
JetBlue:
Northwest Airlines:
United Airlines:
Southwest Airlines:
Alaska Air/Horizon Airlines: