Exactly! If the representative in reservations had the authority to give that permission, then said person also had the ability and responsibility to DOCUMENT it in the passengers reservation (PNR) and by doing so, absolve all future agents of responsibility, or lay out what documents would be requi...
Jump to postI think everyone is missing the point on why the E170 would be reconfigured to 65 seats for Eagle service - and that remains the AA pilot scope clause. When the argument is can the aircraft be flown at 65 seats more profitably than a 50 seater on a route with 9-12 first class seats versus being flow...
Jump to postHaving read page after page of the reasons that Boeing will not and can not back track and redo the 767 (likely 400) with the GEnx2b engine, I'm left with the following conclusions: - Boeing may have realized it cannot afford to introduce an aircraft with 788 seating (250ish) and range 8000 nm witho...
Jump to postI think it allows a much more direct route on one of the DFW-Mexico routes... but I don't remember which one. And I think it is mostly a matter of stuffing the life vests in the pouches under every seat and training every FA to do the demo on them. The slides were always detachable and useable as ra...
Jump to postI am in no way disagreeing with you. That said, it is in the fundamental nature of the two: luggage is designed and built to "protect the contents during transport". I don't think we've hit the point mobility devices have been made to travel by baggage hold. I don't have any idea what the ...
Jump to postThere are several factors in where a maintenance base is located, and why. Folks above mentioned that while a flight one direction may not have that many people, the other direction may more than pay for it. It's been mentioned that hangar space at ABI may be far cheaper than that at LIT or DFW (I w...
Jump to postWere that to be true, Delta wouldn't have ordered 25 175SCs flown by SkyWest primarily in LGA to replace 700s those would also have been 900s. Or they'd just have kept the 700s. Those 700s are either in AA paint, or sitting in Tucson. They cannot be replaced with 76 seat aircraft by scope.
Jump to postHow about this for a radical answer: BBD or a clever successor should hold onto the program and then REWING and SHORTEN the 900s to create more 700s Shocked? Here's the business case: In the US, scope is pretty well a done deal and will hold, at 76 seats max. And in that market, while the 900 may be...
Jump to postAlasizon asked: Anyone know why the checks took so long? As I recall, 605 was one of the first planes to go back to MQ . I can say that I worked one of the Trans States returns last week and among the changes on her return was that every single seat in the cabin except my jump seat was fully re-upho...
Jump to postFirst, the single most likely place for GoJet to get the CRJ550 frames from is the leasing arm of SkyWest, who now have plenty of spare 700s, having taken all of the aircraft from what was ASA (ExpressJet) and sold the bones. Second, I think if you look carefully you'll find Envoy -MQ is flying 44-4...
Jump to postNot all of the ex QX birds are "oldest". Yes, N600QX is, she was a test aircraft and is a non-production aircraft - so is a unique critter. N603, N604 and N605 are pretty old and well worth watching, and I guess N608. A fair number of the teens are younger. Here's the fun thing about them,...
Jump to postHe's said to be a member of the tow team so he's trained enough to move the aircraft around the field, start the APU, check hydraulic pressure, understand the radio jargon, etc. Here - Let's spend some time on this. What was he being paid??? Four years with Horizon, clearly trained to do very speci...
Jump to postAren't some of the 200s coming from Delta Connection? I remember flying on N871AS last summer when it was still part of the DL CNX fleet. Now it seems to be flying for UAX Yes, two of those did fly DLC for ExpressJet before SkyWest Inc transferred them to the SkyWest certificate and ended all 200 f...
Jump to postThe majority of the EV birds are already in the 9F/56Y config ALL EV birds are in the 9F/56Y config. And if I had to guess what things will look like in a year these would be my predictions: Compass will indeed lose the 175s to Envoy - it's already rumored and expected. But, rather than add an MQ b...
Jump to postI don't know if you work for a carrier with gate to gate WiFi or not, but if you do, remember that some (most?) passengers can text in Airplane Mode if connected to the WiFi. Certainly anyone with an Apple device can. I can see your point, but I did note what I look for in that upper left corner. A...
Jump to postThe continuing logical fallacies in this thread are at least threefold: First: cellphones (particularly older ones) can and do affect the instrument panels on the CRJ series - as in can make them all go black when searching for signal... I once saw it over a crew's shoulders when they found a phone ...
Jump to postThe only reason that the 200s are viable on EAS and pro-rate markets is that they are paid off, that is, their ownership costs are down to maintenance alone; very few are still on lease. The unmentioned and critical piece of the puzzle is that the operational cost of a CRJ 700 is nearly the same as ...
Jump to postI wouldn't go writing off the value of the CRJ programs yet. Keep in mind that the scope clauses aren't changing in the US, and that the bulk of the 50 seat fleets are hitting their 20 year design life in the next few years. Too, the bulk of the 700s will follow right behind them. AA has a scope tha...
Jump to postI believe Delta was up front in some recent discussion that the CSeries will go to LGA, displace all of the CRJ 700/900s there which will move at the end of 2018 to Minneapolis to replace 200 flying allowing them to be retired. Every route from LGA could use the upgauge, and it lets them consolidate...
Jump to postCorrect me if I'm wrong, but ASQ has 33 CRJ-700s now. 8 of those are for AA, 12 more are going to AA, 3 to EDV, what about the other 10? No, 8 of those will join the existing AA CPA in DFW during 2Q18 which runs through 2Q19. 3 will return with the 900s to Delta via EDV. That leaves ExpressJet/ASA ...
Jump to postbut that would be the merged list for only the pilots. The flight attendants do not have a joint contract or a merged list and many will lose their jobs.
Jump to postThe airline most in need of a real focus city/hub in the Northwest is <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> not <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym>. I'd watch to see if in a year or two when <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> begins to get its house...
Jump to postDoesn't rejecting the E170s hurt mostly Delta? I thought the deal was that they were being replaced in United service by 175s and as they were they went to the paint shop, got a little interior spiffing up and then went to the Delta contract. I cannot imagine that Mama Delta would be terribly happy ...
Jump to postI love the 739, they are so ungainly on the ground... just watching them taxi... waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle. I finally said that to my other half as we watched one wander by in <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (Metropolitan) (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> a week ago,...
Jump to postThe only way to make an Airport hotel financially viable is to persuade the airlines that serve <acronym title="Eugene - Mahlon Sweet Field (EUG / KEUG), USA - Oregon">EUG</acronym> to use it as the crew overnight hotel, and shift the ~$30-50,000 a month to that property. But with absolutely nothing...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/compensateme" class="quote" target="_blank">compensateme</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="United Airlines...
Jump to postTightwads. Let's just cover some facts. Your flight attendant is on the clock truly only when the aircraft door is closed. Got that? That means, when you walk on the plane at the Jetway, and they say "Hello," they are on their own time. Yes, really. When you take your sweet time gathering your thing...
Jump to postOne, that wasn't my read of the contract, it wasn't specificly "100 seats" it was new small mainline jet. I think someone misread what ALPA put in there, and has remained confused. I can't put my fingers on it at the moment, but I'll look for it. Second, there's every good reason to look for a small...
Jump to postFinally, Delta bit on the used E-190s that Boeing had to remarket and we can stop pretending they were a real player. I think we can agree now that there may be a dog fight between <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> over any ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PEK777" class="quote" target="_blank">PEK777</a> (<a href="#55" class="quote">Reply 55</a>):<br/><i> Why not just stick to the current strategy ...
Jump to postAt 103 seats, you are required to have three flight attendants. A cost. At 120 seats, you have three flight attendants, at 149 seats, you have the same three flight attendants, spread over more revenue generating seats. I think you all are getting too caught up in the wording of 100-seat aircraft. Y...
Jump to postI don't think anyone seriously expects United to order the CS100, even United. It will be the CS300. Remember, it isn't going to be laid out for all coach seating. It will have First, Econ plus, and economy, and if they aren't wise enough to plan floor space for galleys to do meals, and some extra s...
Jump to postTwo things: First, as I remember the move to simplify the <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym> fleet to a single type it was a clear business move, AAG needed only 7 or so of the CRJ700s for a very few routes that didn't work well with the Q400 and keeping the spares required for that han...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ceb20816" class="quote" target="_blank">ceb20816</a> (<a href="#79" class="quote">Reply 79</a>):<br/><i>Another option has to be entertained: th...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/enilria" class="quote" target="_blank">enilria</a> (<a href="#68" class="quote">Reply 68</a>):<br/><i> My guess is that <acronym title="Delta Ai...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pu" class="quote" target="_blank">pu</a> (<a href="#65" class="quote">Reply 65</a>):<br/><i>There are plenty of things <acronym title="Delta Air...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ty97" class="quote" target="_blank">ty97</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>This has the potential to actually cut both ways f...
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Jump to postI think it's a brilliant way to pay homage to the constant construction and the millions of safety orange cones and safety orange signs that direct you, (often poorly) to where you want to go. In fact, the lines that do not connect do an excellent job of mimicking the roadways that do not connect. A...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AST1Driver" class="quote" target="_blank">AST1Driver</a> (<a href="#87" class="quote">Reply 87</a>):<br/><i>Seriously though, what are the court...
Jump to post101 messages in and I am still waiting for a compelling argument for why United should even try to buy SkyWest. Let's be honest, there are two very strong arguments against: One: United cannot even run one airline particularly well, as evidenced recently by its removal of Smisek, failure to conclude...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ASflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">ASflyer</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i> Also, there are a number of E175's coming...
Jump to postYou were right the first time - EV is the code for ExpressJet now. And that sure looks like it would be a ERJ 145 operated by ExpressJet.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/NWAROOSTER" class="quote" target="_blank">NWAROOSTER</a> (<a href="#63" class="quote">Reply 63</a>):<br/><i> Quoting NWAROOSTER (Reply 16): I th...
Jump to postYou know, I think there is a way to pay homage to Northwest on this plane and still keep the Delta name... why not keep the front part, through the DELTA name as it is, but spiff it up, then let it dissolve into the last Northwest livery for the back half or so of the plane - including the Northwest...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RWA380" class="quote" target="_blank">RWA380</a> (<a href="#203" class="quote">Reply 203</a>):<br/><i>IIRC, there was a 744 charter from Mahlon ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyoregon" class="quote" target="_blank">flyoregon</a> (<a href="#195" class="quote">Reply 195</a>):<br/><i>United flew 737's up until 2009 to/f...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dfwjim1" class="quote" target="_blank">dfwjim1</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>Why does UAL even have a call center in <a...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Jacobin777" class="quote" target="_blank">Jacobin777</a> (<a href="#114" class="quote">Reply 114</a>):<br/><i>Raising salaries will undoubtedly ...
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