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ExpressJet (CRJ)200s moving to DTW

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Maybe Delta likes the behind-the-scenes codesharing that SkyWest isn't afraid of doing (EAS, At-Risk). Or maybe Delta likes knowing the airline that does the bulk of their DCI flying is a financially stable company they wont have to be sending a lifeline in bankruptcy court anytime soon.
 
spudskier said:
Why would Delta get rid of PCL 200s at this point!? They operate them cheaper than anyone else! Makes more sense to draw down OO and EV 200s which are the most expensive now... I doubt we (EV) will lose all the 200s but I don't see them reducing 9E 200s in DTW. My guess is ATL 200s will stay in ATL for now. (based on nothing other than my brilliant hopped up on cheap scotch deductions)

This summer is gonna be interesting. After these FO classes finish, we'll be fairly normally staffed on the FO side. (Didn't say well staffed, just normally staffed) but the Captain side is going to be a bloodbath with no more upgrades before summer. Maybe they just have decided to take it in the pants this summer in preparation for losing 200s this fall.
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How much cheaper are they..
 
Looking at DeltaNet "proposed thur- July" sked. I don't see a big movement of EV 200's into DTW...
 
amcnd said:
Looking at DeltaNet "proposed thur- July" sked. I don't see a big movement of EV 200's into DTW...
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Listen, your facts aren't welcome here. The OP said it's GOING to happen and that we should just deal with it. That was convincing enough for me so I went ahead and set my wife and kids up in Detroit in preparation for the displacement bid.
 
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After.....after the summer. July and August are still considered "Summer". As I stated in the original post, the timeframe for the move is not finalized. This is how it was explained to us by an official company source. The displacement bid is coming, but not for a few months.
This is why the company is not upgrading. This is why you are flying 200s with mixed engines. Your kids will love the school system in Detroit. It can't be much worse than the schools in Atlanta.
 
Tailwind said:
After.....after the summer. July and August are still considered "Summer". As I stated in the original post, the timeframe for the move is not finalized. This is how it was explained to us by an official company source. The displacement bid is coming, but not for a few months.
This is why the company is not upgrading. This is why you are flying 200s with mixed engines. Your kids will love the school system in Detroit. It can't be much worse than the schools in Atlanta.
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They may not be upgrading but we're hiring a ton of FOs... having extra pilots still costs money, maybe not as much as captains, but it makes no sense to be fat on FOs and ridiculously short staffed on CAs. Maybe they're expecting most of the attrition to come from the FO side? I know I'll go to whomever calls first... (that is a a step up anyway)
 
Tailwind said:
After.....after the summer. July and August are still considered "Summer". As I stated in the original post, the timeframe for the move is not finalized. This is how it was explained to us by an official company source. The displacement bid is coming, but not for a few months.
This is why the company is not upgrading. This is why you are flying 200s with mixed engines. Your kids will love the school system in Detroit. It can't be much worse than the schools in Atlanta.
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Was this the same "official" company source that said all 200s are going to MEM and we will open a base there last year?

Yawn.
 
who cares...

The same folks who are outraged about this latest rumor are the same folks who will keep working here should the rumor become reality.

And...then...
 
Last I heard at 9e in regards to the 200's was about 19 will get parked later this year as the new 900's show up on property. That was from the union directly at RGS. I haven't heard anything official from the company in regards to the wind down schedule for the 200's. I'm guessing once we come out of bankruptcy May 1st more info will leak out. Maybe they will park them in large numbers and wind down DTW?? All speculation for now.
 
Whataboutbob said:
Last I heard at 9e in regards to the 200's was about 19 will get parked later this year as the new 900's show up on property. That was from the union directly at RGS. I haven't heard anything official from the company in regards to the wind down schedule for the 200's. I'm guessing once we come out of bankruptcy May 1st more info will leak out. Maybe they will park them in large numbers and wind down DTW?? All speculation for now.
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Closing DTW for Pinnacle would be like closing ATL for ASA. WE have close to 1000 pilots based there. Maybe closing the 200 base as they wind down if delta still wants to serve some cities there they will have asa or skywest do it with their 200s but DTW will be around for pinnacle well into the future.
 
i fly boxes said:
Closing DTW for Pinnacle would be like closing ATL for ASA. WE have close to 1000 pilots based there. Maybe closing the 200 base as they wind down if delta still wants to serve some cities there they will have asa or skywest do it with their 200s but DTW will be around for pinnacle well into the future.
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I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if those 200s go to SKW/XJT as Pinnacle starts to shed them. Delta has no obligation to get rid of them before 2015.
 

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