ASA: Are the new planes really coming?

[blzr]

ASA IP's seem to have guaranteed interviews at most majors

Really?

 

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Really?

Airtran sure seems to like them. I would think most airlines like to see Line Check Airman, or Aircrew Designated Examiner, on a resume. If given the opportunity to get those credentials, I'd probably jump on it.

 

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so, if chq gets the planes, are the passengers going to have to jump out of the planes at the stations without jetbridges??? I doubt DCI would complicate things like they have with having RJ's with 40 and 50 seats. This leads to less operational flexibility.... yeah, yeah, I know they could put stairs at outstations but that would not happen until somebody gets hurt jumping in or out of the plane.

They use stairs at VPS for the MD88's.

 

[twobits]

they also use stairs for the 757 in san jose, california. The point is that many airports that the 70 seat plane would be flying into have no jetbridges available for "RJ's".... i.e. LGA, JFK, CVG, ATL, DCA, SLC, AGS, MYR, RDU, MCO, .... etc.... That does not mean that this is a desireable, but it is a point in the CRJ 70's favor. would you rather have an airplane that can fly into any airport that Delta serves and not need a jetbridge or "stairs" or have one that does not need these accesories, but is able to use a jetbridge if available.

Fred Butrell is saying that having a 40 seat and 50 seat version of the RJ is undesireable due to flexibility of the fleet, why would he create another problem by introducing the EMB 170. At some point, he has to realize that Delta wants DCI to do a lot of flying and it is best for ASA and Comair to do this flying. It is more important to do this flying now than to slowly act to increase the WO's flying. If he p1sses around trying to get concessions but loses the big picture of flying planes to make money for Delta, he will lose his job.

 

[bailout]

The article stated that republic has an edge to get the scope relaxed flying because they already fly 70 seaters. (as in CRJs, not EMBs)
And the ASA IPs do indeed have an open invite at AT. Dont know about other carriers.

 

[michael707767]

I figure you may see ASA get the CRJ900, but with a first class section. That would probably make it seat 70 and that would be legal with the new scope?

 

[On Your Six]

Don't expect any E170s to be added to Delta flying without at least a J4J agreement with the DAL mainline furloughees. I'll bet CHQ is angling for more Delta work and E170 flying would probably be the next step forward (not much need for the EMB135)...

 

[601Pilot]

I figure you may see ASA get the CRJ900, but with a first class section. That would probably make it seat 70 and that would be legal with the new scope?

I think the scope restrictions have weight restrictions in addition to the seat
restrictions, so I doubt this will happen.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

I figure you may see ASA get the CRJ900, but with a first class section. That would probably make it seat 70 and that would be legal with the new scope?

Mike,
I hope we would NOT get the 900s. From what I have gathered in different readings is that whereas the 700 is quite the step up over the 200, the 900 is step DOWN from the 700. More seats, same engines - less performance.
Just what I have heard.

 

[movingviolation]

What's the web forum for ASA? (i.e. CHQlounge.com)

Thanks

Paul

 

[Sinca3]

Need one

This is the closest you will get to having one for ASA! I wish we had one....Unless you are an ASA pilot and can get on the ALPA webboards this is the best you'll get.
Cheers

 

[movingviolation]

Thanks, I just started bugging them with resume's about a week ago. Hopefully I'll get a christmas present out of it..... the glamerous freightdog lifestyle isn't all it's cracked up to be.... the only thing that keeps me going is all the women it gets me, the money of course, and the awesome QOL we have.

heh

 

[shamrock]

What's the web forum for ASA? (i.e. CHQlounge.com)

Unlike Comair, we don't even have our own website, just a small part of Delta.com.

Then again, Comair seems to be more capable (for better or worse) of independant thought, as opposed to our puppets at the GO.

 

[wms]

1 Future upgrade awards may not be until they get everyone fom DFW to ATL.

2 There is a class of 12 ATL CRJ CA that started Dec 8, all junior. So there are upgrades still taking place.

3 I rode on an E170 on my next to last commute home from DFW. I didn't have very big expectations, but was totally impressed. I thought the 900 would be the best way for DCI to go, but now I hope the CRJ gets used like the turboprop replacement it is, and we get E170s and E190s (in a two class, 70 configuration, of course) for longer flights. Ideally mainline should fly them, but it doesn't look like it will happen under the new agreement.

4 From what I've heard from people who actually fly the CRJ 900 on line, it performs more like a 700 than a 200, but it would be like spam in a can for the pax.

 

[General Lee]

WMS,


DCI can have 68 more 70 seaters, which ever kind Skip or Randy would like, and then we need to gain 10,000 block hours for each additional 70 seater after that. I have a feeling we at mainline might go after some sort of 100 seaters or replacements for the 737-200s, like EMB-190s or 737-700s. I think that is how the TA reads....


Bye Bye--General Lee