ExpressJet on the news in SAT

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

I'm not much of a kool-aid drinker, but I'm so proud of the way our company is coming together.

http://www.ksat.com/video/11514035/index.html

 

[Brazilgun]

I'm not much of a kool-aid drinker, but I'm so proud of the way our company is coming together.

http://www.ksat.com/video/11514035/index.html

Good job guys. Keep up the good work. I hope things work out for the better.

 

[Rally]

Not really how making pax on regionals happier helps us? Unless of course the happyness is porportinate to the pay.

 

[Indy319FA]

Nice story guys. But we saw the same kind of stuff on Fly I during the summer of 2004 and we all know how that ended. Beware of the koolaid. Good luck to you and I hope you are successful......

 

[Way2Broke]

I'm out of the loop here, is expresjet doing their own thing now? How long have they been doing it?

 

[stooge]

yeah your definitely out of the loop. xjet has been doing charters for a few month and the branded flying started on the 2nd.

www.xjet.com

 

[NatureCalls]

I'm out of the loop here, is expresjet doing their own thing now? How long have they been doing it?

You are a complete and total idiot. You should be slapped into reality.

 

[goahead]

Holy sh_it dollar beer...
Man that reporter was huge....

 

[rtmcfi]

Leaving early, and arriving ontime. Perfect! Keep that historical block up!

 

[turbinej]

I think thing will be different than flyI. Just remember XJet still has other revenue sources. FlyI did not. They are marketing a lot better than Independence.

 

[g-code]

I saw them take-off out of SAT at about 7:15am as I was chilling at Wright Flyers. Nice paint job.

 

[Grey Ghost]

Great job XJETers! Keep up the good work!!!

 

[hmmurdock]

Great job XJETers! Keep up the good work!!!

Greetings..Very good job, however, should you guys really be charging that much less than Southwest. I mean it would make sense and a little more money to charge as much as or maybe a few dollars less than Southwest. Just curious.

 

[Avpilot]

Greetings..Very good job, however, should you guys really be charging that much less than Southwest. I mean it would make sense and a little more money to charge as much as or maybe a few dollars less than Southwest. Just curious.

Could be an introductory fare to get people riding on our flights at first. The Jims have said many times that fares will be set at "market" levels. We'll see.

 

[relief tube]

lotsa kool-aid on this post.

I hope each and everyone of them KEEPS their job..gaining contract flying for another legacy.....but I hope this thing tanks ASAP.

Skybus/VA/ and now this...we DONT NEED MORE AIRLINES. there's too many already.

Everyone who wants this thing to keep going is supporting an independent "major" airline flying regional planes for regional pay. The bar's low enough...********************e, their fares were even lower than LUV's for crying out loud.

 

[ERJFO]

lotsa kool-aid on this post.

I hope each and everyone of them KEEPS their job..gaining contract flying for another legacy.....but I hope this thing tanks ASAP.

Skybus/VA/ and now this...we DONT NEED MORE AIRLINES. there's too many already.

Everyone who wants this thing to keep going is supporting an independent "major" airline flying regional planes for regional pay. The bar's low enough...********************e, their fares were even lower than LUV's for crying out loud.

I can promise you we are flying those airplanes for more compensation and under a better contract than anyone else in the United States. I can also promise you if we were to get larger aircraft we wouldn't fly them for less than the industry average and because we have been more profitible than most majors I (and I believe most others) would vote no untill the rates were better than AWA's and CAL's. But untill we start flying mainline equipment for RJ pay lets keep comments like this down.

My guess is whatever regional you work for fly routes that in some capacity were flown by a mainline carrier somewhere. As an example: In the 80's UAL DC-10's did CLE-ORD, I'm sure the FO on the DC-10 was doing better than the $19.00/hour the SkyWest FO is getting paid now.

Besides since when is SAN-MRY or AUS-CRP a mainline route? Why don't you yell at some SkyWest guys for doing MKE-SLC or SEA-SLC, or a CHQ guy for doing STL-EWR, or a TSA guy for flying STL-ATL, or an ASA guy for doing LAX-SFO, or an Air Whisky guy for flying MSP-PHL, or a Horizon guy for doing PDX-OAK??? I could continue but I think you get my point.

You SHOULD be hoping this suceeds (causing ExpressJet wages to increase) giving other RJ operators more leverage in negotiations, thus presumably helping yourself out. You SHOULD be upset at Skybus and VA pilots for flying the same airplanes as some Majors for less. Everyone that wants this thing to fail is supporting the whipsawing of RJ pilots agianst each other and the continuation of overall poor compensation, work rules, and general treatment of regional airline pilots.

 

[Superpilot92]

I can promise you we are flying those airplanes for more compensation and under a better contract than anyone else in the United States. I can also promise you if we were to get larger aircraft we wouldn't fly them for less than the industry average and because we have been more profitible than most majors I (and I believe most others) would vote no untill the rates were better than AWA's and CAL's. But untill we start flying mainline equipment for RJ pay lets keep comments like this down.

My guess is whatever regional you work for fly routes that in some capacity were flown by a mainline carrier somewhere. As an example: In the 80's UAL DC-10's did CLE-ORD, I'm sure the FO on the DC-10 was doing better than the $19.00/hour the SkyWest FO is getting paid now.

Besides since when is SAN-MRY or AUS-CRP a mainline route? Why don't you yell at some SkyWest guys for doing MKE-SLC or SEA-SLC, or a CHQ guy for doing STL-EWR, or a TSA guy for flying STL-ATL, or an ASA guy for doing LAX-SFO, or an Air Whisky guy for flying MSP-PHL, or a Horizon guy for doing PDX-OAK??? I could continue but I think you get my point.

You SHOULD be hoping this suceeds (causing ExpressJet wages to increase) giving other RJ operators more leverage in negotiations, thus presumably helping yourself out. You SHOULD be upset at Skybus and VA pilots for flying the same airplanes as some Majors for less. Everyone that wants this thing to fail is supporting the whipsawing of RJ pilots agianst each other and the continuation of overall poor compensation, work rules, and general treatment of regional airline pilots.

100% agree:beer:

 

[BrkDkPlt]

lotsa kool-aid on this post.

I hope each and everyone of them KEEPS their job..gaining contract flying for another legacy.....but I hope this thing tanks ASAP.

Skybus/VA/ and now this...we DONT NEED MORE AIRLINES. there's too many already.

Everyone who wants this thing to keep going is supporting an independent "major" airline flying regional planes for regional pay. The bar's low enough...********************e, their fares were even lower than LUV's for crying out loud.

Great, another CHQ CRJ 200 disgruntle pilot............why dont you work on raising your own bar, before you come here complaining on some one elses flying, you're a real idiot judging by your posts in the past...do yourself a favor and get a life you piece of sh*t