Is Jetblue getting a regional airline?

[blzr]

So the guys and gals that fly the Regional Jets won't be treated like second class citizens?!! Jet Blue will no doubt be getting alot of resume's from express pilots. Most of uss would love to help put the nails in Airways coffin.

 

[JungleJetFO]

okay, you guys are way behind on the specs of RJ's. The 190:

Range

The EMBRAER 190 has a range of 2,300 nm (4.260 km) and a maximum cruise speed of Mach .80 (870 km/h).


Embraer.com

 

[Skank]

Re: Oh brother Skank & pilotyip

Hey Skank & pilotyip,

Its amazing how many pilots want to fly for an airline that they don't know anything about. Its kinda funny listening to pilots who think they are in the know but in actuality they don't know anything.

You said and I quote "They will fly the SAME ROUTES at skinny times into the same airports the 320 use." You obviously didn't mean to say this. That has to be one of the most uneducated sentences that i've heard on this board in a long time. For instance the distance from SEA to JFK is 2822 sm, the distance from JFK to LGB is 2850sm, the distance from LGB to FLL is 2804 sm do you really think the emb 190 can do this distance? If you do I have some ocean front property in Arizona for you. Do some research.

If you at least know how to comprehend what you read, then try reading my post one more time and you will see that i said "by the time that first jet arrives on the property, this name could and probably will change." Its not a conspiracy here its just a comment take it with a grain of salt, from someone who was in the know, unlike you.

Keep your greasy side down... Excuse me keep the greasy side down, i think thats how it goes.

Scram, thanks for attributing that quote about the EMB flying the same routes as the 320 to me, but I didn't say anything of the sort. What I did say was purely sarcastic, and in response to your ludicrous assertions. Top Secret? Scenic Airways? Please get real, and try again.

 

[ScRaMJeT]

They have spoken...
I have spoken...
My lips are sealed with Chapstick.

No hard feelings. Blue skies to you.

P.S. Good point SWA/FO

 

[Thedude]

I would like to know what the payscale would be for the new EMB-190 and would you be hired into the smaller a/c and then upgrade or what.....

 

[pilotyip]

insight

From what I have heard, it will have to take a two year equip lock, will be hiring Capt's off the street if necessary, starting pay for Capt in the 50-70 range, F/O's in the 40-50 range assuming 85 hour months with all flying oover 70 at time and a half. Will have a JB senority number go 190 Capt to 320 capt if desired. BTW AW&T said the EMB-190 has a range of 2000 NM, for scramjet I think that is just over 2300 SM. Go on line at JB and see what they say.

 

[Blue Dude]

Pilotyip, you ought to know better than to pass on unsubstatiated rumors. That post was complete BS. Anything you might have heard is a fabrication. Nothing has been announced regarding pay, upgrade, training, equipment locks, etc. in the -190 because they haven't been decided yet, and won't be decided for at least another year. And I would be exceedingly surprised if any street captains would be hired. There are far too many very qualified individuals being hired to need to go outside the company to hire the requisite PIC experience, which is the only possible justification for hiring street captains.

Guys, it's just another aircraft type. JetBlue isn't starting another division. All pilots will be JetBlue pilots. There will probably be some movement restrictions in place, like at most airlines, in order to limit training costs. That's all there is to it. Don't make it out to be more complicated than it is.

 

[Mr Hat]

Frontier buys a bunch on A318s and the newspapers report that they are buying a few Airbuses....not really front page news but JetBlue buys a bunch of Emb195s and the front pages of every paper states "JETBLUE BUYS REGIONAL JETS!"
The A318 has the same amount of seats, goes just as fast and almost as far (the 318 has a LITTLE better range) as the E195 but the E195 is still an RJ....
The aircraft manufacturer does not make an airplane an RJ folks. For that matter anyone who buys into the E145 or the CL65 being RJs doesnt know anything about them.
At Continental Express, last week I flew a E145XR from EWR to OMA, hardly regional.
Our 4 day trips may span 6 time zones (Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific), three countries (USA, Mexico, Canada) and land on both coasts or beyond (Halifax and Nassau)
I fly a Regional Jet....thats the North Western Hemispherical Region.

Good for you JB! I think the E195's are a great idea....once again JB leading the way!

 

[jetblue320]

Frontier buys a bunch on A318s and the newspapers report that they are buying a few Airbuses....not really front page news but JetBlue buys a bunch of Emb195s and the front pages of every paper states "JETBLUE BUYS REGIONAL JETS!"
The A318 has the same amount of seats, goes just as fast and almost as far (the 318 has a LITTLE better range) as the E195 but the E195 is still an RJ....
The aircraft manufacturer does not make an airplane an RJ folks. For that matter anyone who buys into the E145 or the CL65 being RJs doesnt know anything about them.
At Continental Express, last week I flew a E145XR from EWR to OMA, hardly regional.
Our 4 day trips may span 6 time zones (Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific), three countries (USA, Mexico, Canada) and land on both coasts or beyond (Halifax and Nassau)
I fly a Regional Jet....thats the North Western Hemispherical Region.

Good for you JB! I think the E195's are a great idea....once again JB leading the way!

Thanks. But remember, newspapers can make mistakes. First off, it's an EMB-190, not 195. And if you want to call it an RJ, that's your choice. It's a free country, last I heard. But I would think that the majority of the folks would consider a plane that hold 100 pax, and has a range of over 2000 miles, and dimensions just slightly (and I mean slightly as less than 6 feet length/width) less than an A320 anything but an RJ.

Unless of course, the region is defined as the United States.

See ya

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Does anybody have a proposed picture of an EMB-190? Sure would like to see what it looks like!

 

[Mr Hat]

You can see them at www.embraer.com
Id post a pic but I dont know how. Cheers!

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Thanks!

And I don't believe you can post a picture here w/out a link, html code is disabled.

 

[colorado418]

Click here for EMB190 picture

I hope this works. Just a computer generated picture as I believe that the emb170 is the only one flying at this point.

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Sure looks gorgeous!