Peace Air Officially done.

Out of Control · Post by **Out of Control** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:25 pm

Well boys and girls. We just got the word that we are closing the doors. To all my fellow Peace Air brothers it was a pleasure working with you all. Good luck. We will be having one hell of a piss up next week. I will give you guys a call on the location.

Phlyer · Post by **Phlyer** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:57 pm

I'm sorry to hear that. I spent 8 months there and learned a ton from a lot of good guys. Sad news for you all; my best wishes.
The only good news is this happened at a good time and you will all find other jobs quickly.
Best of luck.

layed-off-pilatus guy · Fri May 18, 2007 7:38 pm

Well, I guess I was right after all. Our fearless leader has left Peace country to go to Pacific Coastal.

Peace air is dead my friends, peace air is dead. It just rolllllls off the tongue so easily.

Good luck finding new jobs to everyone except the obvious few.

I saw a Mercedes Benz and Corvette on EBay. I will start my bid at $1.

piperflyer · Post by **piperflyer** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:05 pm

Sorry to all of you that lost your jobs and best of luck finding new work.

U/S · Post by **U/S** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:39 pm

Good luck guys and gals. As was said earlier times are good I hope you all find better jobs soon.

Riverman · Post by **Riverman** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:56 pm

I'm devestated to hear these rumors finally substantiated by people who actually work for Peace Air. Lots of good people are going to be affected by this and I wish them all well.
Peace Air was my first job in aviation and provided me with the foundation to move on the bigger and better like alot of others on this forum, I'm sure. There were many good times with Peace Air but mostly a lot of good people who I keep running in to everywhere I go in aviation.
When you all go down to the pub tonight have one for me.

Cheers!

tincanflyer · Post by **tincanflyer** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:07 pm

WOW....its true!
http://peaceair.net/

tincanflyer · Post by **tincanflyer** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:09 pm

So does this mean CMA will take over some of Peace Air's routes?

roundenginesmakemyday · Sat May 19, 2007 8:24 am

wow....Sorry to hear this. best of luck to ALL the employees.

tripleittt · Post by **tripleittt** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:35 am

Good luck to all finding new jobs. You've heard it before, I'm sure, but now is a good time to move on. Lots of work out there. It is unfortunate that Peace Air closed its' doors: I'm not surprised.

skyismine · Post by **skyismine** » Sat May 19, 2007 2:31 pm

Not surprising when you consider the number of companies owed money by the airline.Some of them for month's.I wish the employee's the best of luck.

loopy · Post by **loopy** » Sat May 19, 2007 2:35 pm

Good luck to all on the job search. It's never an easy thing to lose a job, but there are lot's around right now.

Giv'er.

Top-Gun · Post by **Top-Gun** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:39 pm

hhuh........thats kinda funny....cuz it was just a week and a half ago that they called me up trying to offer me a job

good thing i turned them down

Rudder Bug · Post by **Rudder Bug** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:48 pm

That's very sad, I am sorry for all of you guys.

Luckily enough, the market is like it never been in decades and I am confident most of you will find another job quickly.

How many people does it involves?

layed-off-pilatus guy · Sat May 19, 2007 9:37 pm

Look out Pacific Coastal. Good luck with the new hire.

Dust Devil · Post by **Dust Devil** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:40 pm

Assuming it has anything to do with the operational personel. which I doubt.

stef · Post by **stef** » Sat May 19, 2007 10:23 pm

Someone's going to shove those smilies down your throat. Lots of people out of work here. Not really something to gloat about.

layed-off-pilatus guy · Sat May 19, 2007 11:27 pm

the smiles are aimed at one guy. to everyone else good (job) hunting. even I got a job shortly after being booted from that shithole, I got a bad attitude ive been told, but i'm employed.

YO_MAMMA · Post by **YO_MAMMA** » Sun May 20, 2007 6:43 pm

certainly sad news for boyz and gals of PA...sorry to hear this...I hope it won't take too long for you guyz to find work elsewhere...GOOD LUCK!

wanpaku-ed · Post by **wanpaku-ed** » Sun May 20, 2007 9:50 pm

Wow!!! What to say. Good luck getting new jobs. I actually almost shed a tear when I heard the news. Ok, not really. But I do feel for the guys and gals, both pilots and mechanics who are out of work now. I hope everyone of you have a speedy recovery and you can quickly bury this part of your life and put the memories into the supressed side of your psyche. I always thought the company was way too top heavy, but then again, what do I know.

Good luck - Adios maricon bendejo!!!!!!!!!!!!

heropsychodreamer · Post by **heropsychodreamer** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:55 am

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/fina ... 5f&k=94836

Blaming the Edmonton Airports? ... weak.

skyismine · Post by **skyismine** » Mon May 21, 2007 6:14 am

^I am surprised we werent blamed,We fueled PA and leased them a space at YEG.When they didnt pay the fuel bill we cut them off,although they did continue to pay for the leased space we are still owed a hefty six figure amount for fuel....Will we ever get it?Not likely.And to blame EAA is weak as Integra air moved its ops from YXD to YEG and is doing the best it ever has.

WJ700 · Post by **WJ700** » Mon May 21, 2007 6:42 am

Wow, that is sad. Peace Air has a lot of history and was once a well run company. Long before the Jetstreams and sked flying, Peace was my first job where I was hired with 250 hours. I had a lot of fun there and used up a lot of my bag of luck.

Best of Luck to those out of work.

DA900 · Post by **DA900** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:51 am

skyismine wrote:^I am surprised we werent blamed,We fueled PA and leased them a space at YEG.When they didnt pay the fuel bill we cut them off,although they did continue to pay for the leased space we are still owed a hefty six figure amount for fuel....Will we ever get it?Not likely.And to blame EAA is weak as Integra air moved its ops from YXD to YEG and is doing the best it ever has.

The ERAA has done nothing to help smaller carriers. The already killed off QuikAir, have stopped Corpac from serving YXD thus layoffs and reduced fleet, forced Peace Air and Quik to use the terminal although an FBO was available costing more to them, didn't ask Integra if the wanted to leave YXD forced them to move. Have started a taxi feud with city cabs and after 10 years of consolidation still have hardly any international flights that they promised. Yes there is some RJ's flying here and there, and 1 flight to London which also coincides with the boom going on in Alberta.

The ERAA is a joke to Edmonton and to all airport authority. I don't recall any other authorities taking out ads asking people to fly out of there "International Airport". People drive to Calgary because it has better service and cheaper fares.

GilletteNorth · Post by **GilletteNorth** » Mon May 21, 2007 9:03 am

Airlines analyst Rick Erickson of Calgary said he'd heard for several months that Peace Air had money problems. Erickson said in an interview Sunday that Edmonton Airports' rule that only planes carrying 10 or fewer passengers can land at the City Centre Airport may have been one of Peace Air's problems.

When you see something like this you also have to think about the motives for making a statement like this. Mr Erickson may have been searching for a reason to add Peace Air's demise to an argument he has for changing the rules in CYXD. Having Peace Air fold could add to his favor. I would take what he said in context if you can.