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CHQ.....Paint The Aircraft Already!

IAHFLYR From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 4722 posts, RR: 25
Posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2535 times:

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Okay it has been 4 months since CHQ started flying for CO, good or bad makes no difference, but it is sure not looking like the first class organization as some on this site insist if they can't even paint the aircraft. Am I simply expecting to much or what is the latest excuse for this shabby look?

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Ddurr1 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 19 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2514 times:

Seeing as how the CRJs are only flying with CO, I'm not sure why they haven't painted some of them. Maybe they're waiting for the next heavy maint check. Some of the other a/c that are flown under multiple banners (such as the ERJ-145) are left unpainted on purpose so that they can be used for flights on US Airways or United, etc.

IAHFLYR From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 4722 posts, RR: 25
Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2501 times:

Quoting Ddurr1 (Reply 1):
Some of the other a/c that are flown under multiple banners (such as the ERJ-145) are left unpainted on purpose so that they can be used for flights on US Airways or United, etc.

Poor operation at best! Guess we/me were very spoiled with CO/ExpressJet marriage that lasted some 15-18 yrs or so, very sad.

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Ddurr1 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 19 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2461 times:

I wouldn't really call it a poor operation. There are only a couple a/c that are painted in a generic blue and white livery, and they are often used as spares. So say a United Express flight is going to be cancelled because of maintenance issues, they could bring in one of the generic a/c and still get the pax to their destination.

Drewwright From United States of America, joined May 2001, 621 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 2403 times:

Some of the CRJs are apparently flying US Airways flights also, which is why there are a couple of blue tail CRJs. The properly painted aircraft look very nice...unfortunately, the unpainted ones seem to dominate the ramp at Houston. Republic Airways Holdings seems to be in a bit of a bind right now so don't hold your breath waiting for those aircraft to get painted...management has bigger fish to fry.

IAHFLYR From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 4722 posts, RR: 25
Reply 5, posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2311 times:

Quoting Ddurr1 (Reply 3):
There are only a couple a/c that are painted in a generic blue and white livery

Quoting Drewwright (Reply 4):
unfortunately, the unpainted ones seem to dominate the ramp at Houston

Quoting Drewwright (Reply 4):
don't hold your breath waiting for those aircraft to get painted...management has bigger fish to fry.

I won't that is for certain.....and yes, management in most businesses has a bunch of big fish to fry!

Any views shared are strictly my own and do not a represent those of any former employer.

Rampkontroler From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 859 posts, RR: 7
Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 2137 times:

Don't hold your breath too long....N653BR debuted in CLE today with full Express colors! Here is the first shot of it, with some better ones to come this evening after I get off my shift:

http://www.opshots.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3619

ExpressJet_ERJ From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 827 posts, RR: 4
Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1998 times:

CRJs are in DL flying too for FAA observation rides for new captains out of CVG. So until we get this spun up expect the generic CRJs to stay. And the 145s will stay that way. The only one of those that bothers me is the 145 that is in EX UA colors minus titles.

ETOPS...Engines Turn Or People Swim

Rampkontroler From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 859 posts, RR: 7
Reply 8, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1856 times:

Quoting Rampkontroler (Reply 6):
CRJs are in DL flying too for FAA observation rides for new captains out of CVG. So until we get this spun up expect the generic CRJs to stay. And the 145s will stay that way. The only one of those that bothers me is the 145 that is in EX UA colors minus titles.

So, it sounds like quite a few of them working for CO are still in "generic" colors in Houston? Is that what you are saying, or do you mean generic for DL in CVG? (Maybe I'm just too tired!)

Anyway, they debuted here in CLE today and looked the part completely. Both aircraft working out of CLE today were indeed in full COEX colors. The Chautauqua ERJ's are easy to distinguish by the lack of titles on the engine nacelles...at least so far!

Here's a link to a series of shots I took today of both aircraft if you're interested:

http://www.opshots.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3623

Badlydrawnboy From United States of America, joined May 2006, 69 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1813 times:

I've only seen two in full c/s so far. An ERJ-145 and a CRJ-200 about a week ago. The rest I have seen have been in various stages of the painting process.

bdb

Loggat From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 660 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1706 times:

There are no stages. Aside from the few CRJ's that are generic in color, every other CHQ plane you have seen will be staying as you've seen it.

There are 3 types of people in this world, those that can count, and those that can't.

Rampkontroler From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 859 posts, RR: 7
Reply 11, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1538 times:

Quoting Loggat (Reply 10):
There are no stages. Aside from the few CRJ's that are generic in color, every other CHQ plane you have seen will be staying as you've seen it.

So no plans to paint any more in CO colors then?

Loggat From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 660 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1427 times:

I should have been clearer. Any CHQ ERJ that you have seen operating a CAL flight is in it's final paint condition. We continue to remove aircraft from the US Airways system and repaint them into CAL colors. There were 20 planes in USX colors that are slowly being repainted and brought into the CAL system. If I had to guess, I would say 5-7 have already been repainted. We have a few "floating spare" airplanes that have a white fuselage and blue tail that can be implemented into any of our codeshares when a replacement bird is needed. There is also one airplane (N296SK) that is also now a "floating spare" that was previously in the UAL system that still has full UAX colors with the exception of the United Express titles and the tail logo removed. Hopefully this plane will be painted into generic colors soon as it sticks out like a sore thumb at most of the airports.

There are 3 types of people in this world, those that can count, and those that can't.

Rampkontroler From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 859 posts, RR: 7
Reply 13, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1364 times:

Ahhhhh....got you now! Thanks for a great explanation that answers a LOT of questions!

XJET From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 442 posts, RR: 3
Reply 14, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1361 times:

Quoting Rampkontroler (Reply 8):
The Chautauqua ERJ's are easy to distinguish by the lack of titles on the engine nacelles...at least so far!

Not funny!!! There is only one Expressjet.

Rampkontroler From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 859 posts, RR: 7
Reply 15, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1290 times:

Quoting XJET (Reply 14):
Quoting Rampkontroler (Reply 8):
The Chautauqua ERJ's are easy to distinguish by the lack of titles on the engine nacelles...at least so far!

Not funny!!! There is only one Expressjet.

Well of course there is only one ExpressJet! I thought I was pretty careful about making sure I made the distinction between ExpressJet and Continental Express...didn't mean to cause any confusion! (Unless you were joking! Confused

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XJET From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 442 posts, RR: 3
Reply 16, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1269 times:

Quoting Rampkontroler (Reply 15):
(Unless you were joking! Confused ) Smile

Yeah I was joking. I was jabbing at your "at least so far" comment. See you around C ramp!

Rampkontroler From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 859 posts, RR: 7
Reply 17, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1162 times:

Ha ha! Okay...gotcha! See you around!

777WT From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 874 posts, RR: 1
Reply 18, posted (6 years 1 month 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 990 times:

There's 9 ERJ-145's that have been painted in full CO colors already.

Usually what is done is that the paint is applied (white body, gold line, blue tail) which is being prepared for CO, they had the inspection and checks done early before the CO regional flying started...then they were put in 'spare' status to keep flying line of flight while the others are going into the paintshop.

Once the CO flying started, they had the CO logo applied to the tail and the name too, then they were repositioned and flew the line of flight for CO express.

There's one more ERJ-145 going in the paint shop today and should be done in like a week.

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