CHQ receives RFP for 45 more rj's

[embraerdriver]

Chautauqua Bidding to Get Bigger
11/11/2003 1:22:55 PM

Inside INdiana Business has learned that Chautauqua Airlines has been asked to bid on a request for 45 regional jets that would fly under the Delta Connection nameplate.

The airline confirmed it has received the request, but declined further comment. If successful on winning the business, Chautauqua would increase its fleet by more than 50 percent and would likely add hundreds of employees.

The regional carrier, a unit of Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, has been growing steadily and is regarded as a success story in an otherwise troubled industry.

The airline is also continuing a search in the Indianapolis area for a new headquarters location.

Source: Inside INdiana Business

 

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CHQ is finally looking to move out of the third floor of the airport administration building? Whoo Hoo! You guys are big time now. Renting your own offices and getting your own cubicles!

 

[FDJ2]

I guess Chautauqua will be getting the lions share of the growth at DCI.

 

[skiddriver]

"I guess Chautauqua will be getting the lions share of the growth at DCI."

Not necessarily. All the companies in DCI received the RFP, plus two others (unidentified in company documents). I've heard a couple of names, neither of which was Mesa, suprisingly enough. I won't post them because they were just ops center ramblings.

We won't know who gets the jets until Mother D and DCI have run the numbers.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Same thing at USAir Express when Chautauqua, Mesa, Trans-States, etc.. were picking up all of the growth and fleet-replacement while the wholly-owneds (Allegheny, Piedmont, and PSA) were stagnant.

Now USAir group is finally moving in the right direction with PSA, while at the same time allowing Piedmont and Allegheny to wither and die on the vine as the airplanes are returned to the lessors at the end of their leases.

What is the benefit for a company to slowly disolve a wholly-owned unit? Is there a tax benefit or is it simply an acceptable form of labor "punishment"?

 

[the turtle]

punishment and the fact that your PSA "brothers" sold you guys out for J4J's, which cascaded into the other contract carriers and PDT and ALG signing on later, just to be competitive.

of course, PSA guys will say(and have said) that they got the jets first because they fly "more complex" equiptment.

 

[embraerdriver]

@#$BUMP$#@

 

[FlyComAirJets]

If this doesn't get you guys to the top of the 'Most hated regional' poll, nothing will.

 

[NYRANGERS]

[ I've heard a couple of names, neither of which was Mesa, suprisingly enough. I won't post them because they were just ops center ramblings.

. [/B]

Once again, that is thanks to the Delta pilots scope language. You RJDC guys are running in circles.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Scope shmope.

At US Airways we had the strongest scope in the business.

Now they have RJ codeshares with every Tom, Dick, and Harry regional that isn't nailed down or on fire.

20,000 jobs in every category have either been eliminated or outsourced.

Pardon me if I dont think that scope-language carries a heck of a lot of water.

The only section that carries LESS water is no furlough.

 

[DoinTime]

Once again, that is thanks to the Delta pilots scope language. You RJDC guys are running in circles.

NYRANGERS, does the Delta MEC have veto rights on new codeshare agreements? I remember that the new NW, CO, DL codeshare had to be approved by your MEC. The same was the case at NW but not sure about CO.

By the Delta MEC allowing Delta to grow its "portfolio" of regional carriers you take away the ability of your regional partners to leverage any gains in terms of benefits and compensation come contract time. The lower the cost structure stays at the regional level the more desirable it is for mainline managements to keep the domestic flying with their regional partners. This situation does little to help your furlough situation. Its probably to late for mainline MEC's to ever get rid of the RJ's but the next best thing you can do is scope your brand name.

 

[baron58]

Do you think CHQ will keep its St. Louis base and American codeshare?

 

[embraerdriver]

yes...........I haven't heard anything suggesting otherwise.

 

[embraerdriver]

If this doesn't get you guys to the top of the 'Most hated regional' poll, nothing will.

funny how you guys are hated more accoding to the poll.....keep hating-that will help!

 

[skiddriver]

Once again, that is thanks to the Delta pilots scope language. You RJDC guys are running in circles.

Hey chucklehead, never been part of the RJDC crowd, never will be. Didn't you and I once have a civil conversation? Surprising considering how quickly you shoot from the lip.

 

[RichO]

The leading regional/national wages are not even enough to survive...how can you survive off of the rape wages the lower carriers are bending over for...don't you guys have any morals.........this will continue until every pilot group out there says, enough is enough with the low wages.........end of story...until then...keep bending over, because that's what management will get use to until you get some *alls........this whole industry is a joke........we're *ucking ourselves.....I hear porn music in the background.........sorta like that formation ride where the instructor starts huming porn music, and once on the ground you ask who was making the porn music sound, and he replies....."Well I thought sense you guys were *ucking each other, I would give you the right music...." of course only the mil guys can relate to this story, and have probably heard it......

You know, what everyone should do is save the pennies that our companies are paying us and invest in stock in those companies...because unless the trend changes, management is going to have us working for less and the stock owners will love it......QUIT BENDING OVER!!!!!!!!