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amelia · 03-24-2008, 02:52 PM

I heard on the news that Delta is grounding 40 aircraft. If its true, I wonder if that includes the regionals as well as Delta itself.

DH siad that Skywest has stopped hiring. At the start of the year, they had plan to hire 600+ pilots. Not sure how many they acutally hired. I don't know if their flying has been cut back a lot. I heard about 2 routes that were cut for Delta, but thats it.

The one about Frontier is true. We have a friend that works there and they have stopped hiring and are cutting back on pilot hours. They don't think they will need to furlough at this time b/c there seem to be enough pilots leaving or planning to leave over the next several months (this is what our friend said). Like I said before, Frontier was also asking some pilots to take unpaid leave in Jan. Not sure if that has gone beyond Jan.

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amelia Jetgirls Plus Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 650 Recipes: Thanks: 3 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Changes we've been seeing in the past month or few I heard on the news that Delta is grounding 40 aircraft. If its true, I wonder if that includes the regionals as well as Delta itself. DH siad that Skywest has stopped hiring. At the start of the year, they had plan to hire 600+ pilots. Not sure how many they acutally hired. I don't know if their flying has been cut back a lot. I heard about 2 routes that were cut for Delta, but thats it. The one about Frontier is true. We have a friend that works there and they have stopped hiring and are cutting back on pilot hours. They don't think they will need to furlough at this time b/c there seem to be enough pilots leaving or planning to leave over the next several months (this is what our friend said). Like I said before, Frontier was also asking some pilots to take unpaid leave in Jan. Not sure if that has gone beyond Jan. __________________ Mom to 2 wonderful kids.