I wouldn't get too excited. The record on public charter airlines is pretty bleak, and John Weikle's last airline was bankrupt and closed in just 10 months after being the most well-capitalized airline startup in history.
(05-27-2009 05:58 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote: [ -> ]I wouldn't get too excited. The record on public charter airlines is pretty bleak, and John Weikle's last airline was bankrupt and closed in just 10 months after being the most well-capitalized airline startup in history.
Well you didn't read the article b/c he said all along that he was going to step-down after they opened up. So basically he wanted to be there for the start-up only.
(05-27-2009 08:13 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote: [ -> ] (05-27-2009 05:58 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote: [ -> ]I wouldn't get too excited. The record on public charter airlines is pretty bleak, and John Weikle's last airline was bankrupt and closed in just 10 months after being the most well-capitalized airline startup in history.
Well you didn't read the article b/c he said all along that he was going to step-down after they opened up. So basically he wanted to be there for the start-up only.
Great, that's what he did at Skybus too.
(05-28-2009 08:21 AM)CitrusUCF Wrote: [ -> ] (05-27-2009 08:13 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote: [ -> ] (05-27-2009 05:58 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote: [ -> ]I wouldn't get too excited. The record on public charter airlines is pretty bleak, and John Weikle's last airline was bankrupt and closed in just 10 months after being the most well-capitalized airline startup in history.
Well you didn't read the article b/c he said all along that he was going to step-down after they opened up. So basically he wanted to be there for the start-up only.
Great, that's what he did at Skybus too.
That's what I said. It didn't say if he was leaving JetAmerica, too.
(05-28-2009 04:13 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote: [ -> ] (05-28-2009 08:21 AM)CitrusUCF Wrote: [ -> ] (05-27-2009 08:13 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote: [ -> ] (05-27-2009 05:58 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote: [ -> ]I wouldn't get too excited. The record on public charter airlines is pretty bleak, and John Weikle's last airline was bankrupt and closed in just 10 months after being the most well-capitalized airline startup in history.
Well you didn't read the article b/c he said all along that he was going to step-down after they opened up. So basically he wanted to be there for the start-up only.
Great, that's what he did at Skybus too.
That's what I said. It didn't say if he was leaving JetAmerica, too.
I misunderstood what you meant. Skybus did not fail because Weikle was or wasn't there. It failed because it had a business plan that was flawed beyond repair from the beginning.