Chataqua leaving IAH?

[cybourg10]

CHQ liked by CAL? Funniest thing I have heard all day, thanks. Look every CHQ pilot I have ever met has been cool and professional. We get in the aircraft and fly it form a to b. Management decides when, where, and what we fly and how much money is spent to keep it flying. You do your best and we do ours. Having said that I am 100% percent honest with you that I have never talked to a gate agent or GM in many places (CRP, IAH, STL, CLE, GSO, MSP, DFW just to name a few) that says CHQ does a good job and is "liked" by CAL. Again it has nothing to do with the crews, you have good people but your company really has not put you in position with the right equipment to get the job done right. I am sure your 170 operating is top notch but the CRJ operation has been a failure at best since the day it started, again not the fault of the pilot group but lets face reality here and call a spade a spade.

 

[knewhigher]

children.

 

[ParrotheadPilot]

CHQ liked by CAL? Funniest thing I have heard all day, thanks. Look every CHQ pilot I have ever met has been cool and professional. We get in the aircraft and fly it form a to b. Management decides when, where, and what we fly and how much money is spent to keep it flying. You do your best and we do ours. Having said that I am 100% percent honest with you that I have never talked to a gate agent or GM in many places (CRP, IAH, STL, CLE, GSO, MSP, DFW just to name a few) that says CHQ does a good job and is "liked" by CAL. Again it has nothing to do with the crews, you have good people but your company really has not put you in position with the right equipment to get the job done right. I am sure your 170 operating is top notch but the CRJ operation has been a failure at best since the day it started, again not the fault of the pilot group but lets face reality here and call a spade a spade.

And you wonder why so many people think XJT pilots have the elitist attitude.

Look, when Chautauqua started operating, not only did they have a new fleet type working against them (a fleet which had been sitting in the desert btw), but they also had rampers and gate agents working against them. I won't offer excuses, just some reasonable explanations.

 

[cybourg10]

Dude did you not read my post? I agree with all of your explanations. I used to work at Trans States in STL and CHQ was the one that was looked more highly upon than us. I have seen both sides, sorry if it comes out as elitist (I personally don't see it) but I acknowledge that XJT pilots are not better than pilots at other regionals, in this case I think we are giving a better opportunity to succeed than those at CHQ. It has nothing to do with pilot vs pilot but in the COEX system I don't think it is any secret that XJT runs a better operation.

 

[TNPILOT]

My daddy could beat up your daddy.

 

[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?