ExpressJet goes to the "land down under!"

[www.]

Here it is...
ExpressJet begins to move to Australia and the LAX ops closes down. Skywest pulls out of ATL, ASA stays and swaps out 50s for larger airframes, and moves into LAX since the UAL now allows them to.

This will beging to shape up in later part of 2008.

Bye, Bye

 

[TX_DFW]

Personally dont think they could find Oz pilots to fly the planes. Rex is having a hard enough time as it is now.

 

[Mongolikecandy]

Yes your all so smart

"Your" not that smart either, evidently.

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

Personally dont think they could find Oz pilots to fly the planes. Rex is having a hard enough time as it is now.

It'd be XJT pilots, not Aussies.

 

[Kenny]

Personally dont think they could find Oz pilots to fly the planes. Rex is having a hard enough time as it is now.

There's plenty of guys who've paid their dues in GA for Rex, the problem is they're not prepared to work for the low wages Rex is offering.

It'd be XJT pilots, not Aussies.

Wishful thinking, it's no more likely that that happens than if the tables were turned and Rex wanted to fly here in the US with Australian pilots.

Emirates can't even get approval to fly through Australia to the US and you really think a US owned airline staffed with US pilots would be allowed to set up shop.

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

Wishful thinking, it's no more likely that that happens than if the tables were turned and Rex wanted to fly here in the US with Australian pilots.

Emirates can't even get approval to fly through Australia to the US and you really think a US owned airline staffed with US pilots would be allowed to set up shop.

Then XJT better rewrite their scope clause with their pilots. Or form a separate company...

 

[auspac]

There's plenty of guys who've paid their dues in GA for Rex, the problem is they're not prepared to work for the low wages Rex is offering.




Wishful thinking, it's no more likely that that happens than if the tables were turned and Rex wanted to fly here in the US with Australian pilots.

Emirates can't even get approval to fly through Australia to the US and you really think a US owned airline staffed with US pilots would be allowed to set up shop.

Kenny's right. How do you think the pilots of Qantas and Virgin would react. How would ALPA Australia react? Starts with Express Jet then what? Air India, Garuda, Air China, Mesa???

 

[ApocketA's_145]

Here it is...
ExpressJet begins to move to Australia and the LAX ops closes down. Skywest pulls out of ATL, ASA stays and swaps out 50s for larger airframes, and moves into LAX since the UAL now allows them to.

This will beging to shape up in later part of 2008.

Bye, Bye

hahahahahha..... i always come to this forum when im down! i always know everybody can cheer me up and make me smile again listening to what everybody says!

 

[badog]

It'd be XJT pilots, not Aussies.

I guess you've got it all figured out huh? A$$!
Truth is a full rj makes more money on thin routes than a airbus with 35 pax and $90 a barrel oil. Dip $hit!

 

[Cardinal]

It'll be no warmer than the last time in '89 when a group of airline pilots from a certain US airline crossed a picket line.

Alex for $500, "Who is America West?"

 

[Cardinal]

I guess you've got it all figured out huh? A$$!
Truth is a full rj makes more money on thin routes than a airbus with 35 pax and $90 a barrel oil. Dip $hit!

...While a full Airbus puts uber pwnage on the RJ at two-thirds or even half the CASM. It's all relative.

 

[ratherbeflyen]

...While a full Airbus puts uber pwnage on the RJ at two-thirds or even half the CASM. It's all relative.

...While a full 747 puts uber pwnage on the Airbus at two-thirds or even half the CASM. It's all relative. Good luck getting 250-500 people to go from JAX to MSY twice a day. You have to be able to sell the seats to make any money.

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

I guess you've got it all figured out huh? A$$!

Uh I don't, but the XJT scope clause seemingly does.

Someone pee in your cornflakes this morning, Francis?

Truth is a full rj makes more money on thin routes than a airbus with 35 pax and $90 a barrel oil. Dip $hit!

Uh... okay? I don't think I said anything to the contrary, did I?

 

[Cardinal]

...While a full 747 puts uber pwnage on the Airbus at two-thirds or even half the CASM. It's all relative. Good luck getting 250-500 people to go from JAX to MSY twice a day. You have to be able to sell the seats to make any money.

So how'd that work out for Indy?

 

[ATRCA]

Give it a rest girls! XJT is simply taking a look around for potential opportunities. There is no major plan at this point for a new airline. Just exploring the possibilites of future ventures. Thats what every airline mgt team gets paid to do, feel things out.

Just like China and Mexico. Nothing more than feelers at this point.

 

[Hypoxik]

Mesa is doing it in China. If it has an N # reg. our pilots fly it.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

Nothing more than feelers at this point.

uhhhhhhhh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh

 

[BigShotXJTdrvr]

XJT scope allows dry leasing of XJT aircraft without XJT pilots. Therefore not likely to be XJT pilots. They had a tentative plan to do this with Aviasca in Mexico, but it never happened. It's an interesting idea because usually only banks and leasing companies do dry leasing. Maybe XJT will be the next ILFC

It would make sense to lease out aircraft instead of returning them to CAL (if that were the only other option) because even though XJT would not be using them in revenue service, we could still use the asset depreciation as a tax deduction, thus lowering our corporate taxes and improving the bottom line.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

$$$$$

Gonna be interesting to see if this gets off the ground....

Market rates for a saab f/o in Oz are circa 45k and they are having a tough time finding bums on seats on that pay. I personally hope they don't infiltrate the market and fark it up like they have here (regionals in generally bringing down the occupation).

 

[ratherbeflyen]

So how'd that work out for Indy?

I didn't know Indy was even flying 747's much less between JAX and MSY..... or maybe you just missed the point entirely.