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Copy of letter sent to all employees: December 23, 2005 RE: Furlough Dear Flight Attendant ######: As you know, FLYi, Inc, the holding company for Independence Air, has been actively engaged in securing investors in, or purchasers of, the Company as it attempts to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the United States bankruptcy Code. The Company expects that is it is unable to secure significant external investment or a sale of all or substantially all of its operations before January 7, 2006, it will permanently cease all operations and separate all employees at all locations sometime during the period January...

Hello everyone, I've been away from the forums for a while, but for good reason; I've been training down in Dulles at Independence Air, and I'm proud to say that after five weeks of intense training, I am now one of FlyI's twelve newest flight attendants! It's something I've thought of doing for a while now, and I'm so grateful that the opportunity came up for me. You may love us; you may hate us, but wish me luck, because I'm about to embark on a journey that I won't soon forget. Thanks for reading, NASBWI

Independence Air is replacing regional jet service from Dulles to Boston with Airbus A319 jets. It will also augment its Florida service with more Airbus flights. The Dulles-based carrier says that beginning in September it will operate five daily flights to Boston using A319s and two daily A319 flights to Jacksonville. It will offer a third daily Jacksonville flight on a CRJ regional jet. Independence Air has a total of 12 leased Airbus jets in its fleet. It is adding the new Boston and Jacksonville service by reallocating planes as part of a reduction in service to other markets, including...