ATA Airlines files bankruptcy, shuts down - despite bailout

[Ihelper117]

And I suck with English when I said applet I ment soppost

[Ihelper117]

The last flight was too Hawaii Maui and I was on that flight the company went bankrupt wile we were in the air and I lover ata so we were stranded in Maui for two week we were applet to take ata back but we got our money back and got free tickets from american airlines lol I got to miss slot of school

[ata757rep]

I lost my job when ATA closed i hope you lose your job someday if you even work. We never had an incident with any of our aircraft in our history whether the maintenance was done here or overseas.

[antiochblade]

Americans have stood by its airlines since the beginning . When maint. operations were shut down and moved overseas we were told that is was necessary for the survival of the corporation . We were told this over and over and over . Maint. operation after maint. operation was shut down and moved to Mexico , Central America and South America . Im tired of being loyal to corporations that screw over Americans for a buck . LET THEM GO BANKRUPT !

Great maint. south of the border too . Right.....

[ata757rep]

You still won't print the truth. ATA recieved a loan from the NTSB not a bailout which was repaid when we were aquired by Matlin Patterson.

[RidleyReport]

Thanks for the responses. I apologies for what appear to be two errors. By way of retraction, ATA only received millions, not billions, in bailouts. I accidentally said "billions" in the report and got the state of incorporation wrong (though I don't believe that was a statement of fact on my part but of recollection). Actually I'm kind of surprised anyone even watched this video.

[RidleyReport]

Thanks for the responses. I apologies for what appear to be two errors. By way of retraction, ATA only received millions, not billions, in bailouts. I accidentally said "billions" in the report and got the state of incorporation wrong (though I don't believe that was a statement of fact on my part but of recollection). Actually I'm kind of surprised anyone even watched this video.

[formerflygirl]

You need to get your facts a little more in line before shooting off your big mouth...really...BILLIONS of dollars in payouts paid to ATA? Too bad that is not true...that would have kept us in business for at least another 15 years. Also, we were based in Indiana...not Illinois. How much research would it have taken to at least post an accurate commentary? Hard to take you seriously when you don't even have the most basic facts.

[RidleyReport]

i'd rather see clinton and obama put away, but this will do!

[droadtrip]

that was a stupid thing to say. Are you always so one-track minded?

[ccheriecoop]

What? be more specific when you said "this will do"

[teft]

The ones who should be in jail are not the ATA management team but instead the management team of it's parent company, Global Aero Logistics (who also manage World Airways and North American Airlines) and the OWNERS of these three airlines, Matlin/Patterson. They new months ago they were going to shut down ATA in order to get rid of ATA's payroll. They decided to shut down in the middle of the night.

[teft]

Global Aero Logistic (GAL) and Matlin/ Patterson put thousands of people out of jobs in an instant while they are now patting themselves on the back and giving themslves bonus's. These bastard need to be put in jail for a very long time. Clinton and Obama where flying ATA for their campaigns and GAL switched them to North American right before the ATA shut down. Clinton and Obama need to stop using GAL for their flights and start an investigation to get these greedy people put away.

[mtk19712003]

Dirty cheating cunts....the board and management team of ATA should be thrown in jail. I bought my tickets for cash 2 weeks ago and they gladly took the money. They KNEW back then that they were bankrupt. This is fucking bullshit.

[stuckgirl]

Same here..This should be illegal! No Airline should be able to claim bankruptcy protection, cheat customers, and then get up and working soon after. This is wrong! They took 2,000 dollars and my vacation away from me over night. Shame on the government for letting legal scams such as this happen.

[Boomer1949]

Innovation!  Once you get a handle on the audio being cleaner, you've got a new tool.

[KellyHalldorson]

I meant...audio

[KellyHalldorson]

I should be able to clean up the video better next time. This was a first for me. :)

Kelly

[mackler]

The next step is RR news updates texted directly to my mobile phone.

[RidleyReport]

i may not charge them if that is the case. or in the future i might make such ads less expensive. have to listen to it. we are still experimenting, but we need a way for me to phone in time sensitive reports from the scene of events.

[AnarchyInYourHead]

Thanx for the report but I have to wonder if Sakal/CAI got jipped with this one. Did they have to pay full price to be mentioned in a high squeaky, difficult to understand voice and attached to a video with no video? :)

[smartbandwidth]

thanks dave!! Invite those stranded to become "Free Staters!"