Chataqua leaving IAH?

[flyguy81]

I don't think it is any secret that XJT runs a better operation.

I would hope so considering they're you're only source of income. Most all CAL flights I do are late anyway cause of ramp so....whatever.

 

[Captain Morgan]

I've worked both at XJT and CHQ. Same ********************, different airline. We don't have somethings that XJT has and we have somethings that XJT doesn't have. I used to get Junior Manned and get hot reserve at the airport at XJT. I don't at CHQ. I used to bring home a hundred dollars more a check at XJT. I don't commute at CHQ, while I used to at XJT. The point its, just worry about what you can do working at the company you work for right now to secure the future, void of ********************ing over each other like crossing a picket line. I will say that XJT was a better run company and that's no lie. The pilot groups are equally great on both sides. Just fly and have fun!

 

[landlover]

shut the f up you damn babies! no one knows what mgmt thinks and no one cares. this thread is so gay i almost feel gay posting on it.

 

[Pilot124]

Keep flying your 170s for a joke of a contract and payrates. Pilots have little to do with on-time performance (its tough with an ewr base, our numbers out west were pretty good though) and nothing to do with stock price. Hope your flight doesn't get canceled tomorrow, at those rates you need every penny you can get. oh snap!

You keep flying that 145 in those pretty aqua toothpaste colors....OH SNAP! Hope you saved every penny you got because, you my friend are going to need it.

 

[jim718181]

Back to the original question for a minute, chq is returning the crj's to lessor. There were 24 at one point, now there is 16, by the end of the summer there will be 6, and by the end of q1 next year there will be zero. As to whether we will pull out of IAH completely has yet to be determined. The crj base will obviously close and if a 145 base is going to open it has not been announced yet. Thats not to say they couldnt continue to fly 145's out of stl and sdf through iah. I've also heard rumors (that I find difficult to believe) that the 145's were losing for United are coming to iah for CAL.

 

[tweeter125]

If I remember correctly, according to WH's podcast we are losing 10 ERJ's from the CO side as well.
That will leave us with 10 total A/C for CO.
Our fleet count as of 2Q 2010 was said to be 56 145's and 125 170's.
I may be off by a few one way or another but the total was around 180 total A/C.

 

[cybourg10]

You keep flying that 145 in those pretty aqua toothpaste colors....OH SNAP! Hope you saved every penny you got because, you my friend are going to need it.

I wish I could fly those aquafresh jets, that would mean I would be a charter pilot making more than some of your captains. Hows that new contract coming along?

 

[Kream926]

i thought the aquafresh planes were the branded planes paid same as regular ca and fo

 

[TNPILOT]

i thought the aquafresh planes were the branded planes paid same as regular ca and fo

No, the only aquafresh planes remaining are operated in our charter division. I don't recall how many are dedicated to that line of business but I'm sure someone will chime in.

 

[hou757]

How many 145's does CHQ currently fly for CAL?

 

[cybourg10]

We have 30 a/c allocated to charter ops, they will all be busy this spring with NCAA charters and this summer with our Nascar contracts, fall and winter tend to be the slower times. Charter is growing fast and is currently the only bright spot in our company with our crappy break even CAL CPA. Our charter f/o's are bringing in a salary in the $60s and the cpts are well into the $100s, of course our MEC dropped the ball with the selection process but that is a different story.........

 

[SizzleChest]

shut the f up you damn babies! no one knows what mgmt thinks and no one cares. this thread is so gay i almost feel gay posting on it.

you know how I know you're gay....

 

[SizzleChest]

How many 145's does CHQ currently fly for CAL?

including the one they taxied off the taxiway???

 

[Popeye0537]

I wish I could fly those aquafresh jets, that would mean I would be a charter pilot making more than some of your captains. Hows that new contract coming along?

You want to talk about contracts? How's that 6% pay cut you just took taste? Bitter I bet.

 

[cybourg10]

You want to talk about contracts? How's that 6% pay cut you just took taste? Bitter I bet.

Yep the 6% cut sucked, but we still have the highest 50 seat CA pay and some of the best work rules in the industry. What really sucks is nobody raised the bar after our contract 04 (ASA matched it), so I ask again how is that new contract coming along? You must be bitter to know we could take a 6% cut and still be higher paid with better work rules than shaniqua.......

 

[Captain Morgan]

Yep the 6% cut sucked, but we still have the highest 50 seat CA pay and some of the best work rules in the industry. What really sucks is nobody raised the bar after our contract 04 (ASA matched it), so I ask again how is that new contract coming along? You must be bitter to know we could take a 6% cut and still be higher paid with better work rules than shaniqua.......

Good to know you have a target on your back still. Don't worry, the management at CAL still has their finger on the trigger! You haven't seen anything yet! Remember, you always want to be No. 2, not No. 1.

 

[Captain Morgan]

including the one they taxied off the taxiway???

That was pretty awesome! Almost as awesome as the ERJ that that retard check airman in the jumpseat doing a V1 cut crashed off the runway and totalled it down in Texas. Or, even more awesome than the ERJ that XJT ran off of 6C in CLE after they touched down long in a blowing snow storm. I think the all time best was the EMB120 that the mechanics forgot to put the bolts in the tail. I wonder if those guys were joking around about airplane crashes when they were becoming a lawn dart over Texas or Arkansas. Let's rehash some more accidents Sizzledick!

 

[cybourg10]

Good to know you have a target on your back still. Don't worry, the management at CAL still has their finger on the trigger! You haven't seen anything yet! Remember, you always want to be No. 2, not No. 1.

Wow......

 

[Captain Morgan]

Wow......

Unfortunately, it's true...

 

[dojetdriver]

Keep flying your 170s for a joke of a contract and payrates.

Of course you know EVERYTHING those pilots were up against when they got that contract, right? They actually did pretty well considering climate that existed at that time.

I can't help but laugh every time a fellow XJT'er spouts off about it and they more than likely weren't even in the 121 world at that time.

I think the all time best was the EMB120 that the mechanics forgot to put the bolts in the tail. I wonder if those guys were joking around about airplane crashes when they were becoming a lawn dart over Texas or Arkansas. Let's rehash some more accidents Sizzledick!

The first two are good points, EVERY airline has their share of guys that do some less than bright things. Also, every airline has cases of "sh1t happens".

But your last incident, the one I quoted, is pretty lame of you to bring up considering what happened. To repeat what I said above, I'm sure you know EVERYTHING about that accident, right?