New RJ Nickname

[No.W.]

Pre-pubescent Jet?(sp?)

 

[BigShotXJTdrvr]

E-Jets= Mini Hoover

 

[regionaltard]

How about "airliner?"

 

[lookin4better]

How about "airliner?"

ok....ill give you "fake airliner"

 

[rausda27]

Cant
Reach
Jetways (or Jet Airways)

 

[John Pennekamp]

CRJ-200 is the Barbie Jet
EMB's are Taco Turbine (just like their E120 brother).

What about CRJ-700/900? It's faster and climbs better than most "mainliners".

Maybe the "ALPA's Oops Jet"? or the "Envy Jet"? Oh I've got it, the "Indian Giver Jet".

 

[dollacrackho]

CRJ = career regret jet

 

[BenderGonzales]

I think Replacement Jet is just fine. Simple. To the point. Allows me to express my anger and frustration even now, 5 years after the furlough.

<go to your happy place...>

 

[John Pennekamp]

I think Replacement Jet is just fine. Simple. To the point. Allows me to express my anger and frustration even now, 5 years after the furlough.

<go to your happy place...>

Do you honestly believe RJs or RJ pilots caused your furlough?

 

[bvt1151]

Uh oh, here we go...

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Uh oh, here we go...

Focus people. Get back on task.

 

[Dash8301]

I still like "small jet" the mainline boys called them that in our concessionary contract, and you could here them get pis+d when you said that about the E170

 

[Mercyful Fate]

Meat Missle?

Chicks dig jets..hahahahahah

 

[Turkey Shoot]

I still have to like the term that fits all the RJ's......... "The Salary Eliminator!"

 

[xpdriver]

I still have to like the term that fits all the RJ's......... "The Salary Eliminator!"

We have a winner>>>>

 

[Axel]

50 or less seats- Small jet
51-70 seats- Large small jet
71+ seats- Larger than large small jet

These are real names on real documents.

 

[V1cutsrfun]

How about "dream dasher" for those of us that aren't SJS intoxicated.:crying:

 

[flyslow24]

RJ = Lawn Dart

 

[MYFpilot]

Guppie Killer

or

Climb Restricted Jet

 

[propilot1983]

ERJ = Economic Recession Jet?? Although, I would rather fly one of these than a busted @$$ baron

 

[lowlycfi]

CRJ = SeaDoo

 

[John Pennekamp]

CRJ = SeaDoo

Bombardier SkyDoo

 

[ATRedneck]

Now before somebody replies with some kind of Lighten up Francis comment, guys that know me know that I am one of the most sarcastic and twisted sense of humor type guys out there... but to try to come up with some cutsey euphamism does nothing but to continue to undermine and belittle the professionals who fly them, and to emphasize the divisions in this industry that airline managements have so effectively created.

A ramp controller in IAH told me one day to follow the "regional jet." I asked him, "Regional jet? You mean the 757 going to San Antonio or the Embraer going to Toronto?" Regional jet is a marketing phrase designed to pay pilots less money for the same job... so how about calling them Embraers and Canadairs?

 

[agonyairfo]

It is all semantics baby! It is called a Regional Jet, and I fly a "Regional" for one very simple reason. It's name, given by the manufacturer is... the Canadair "Regional" Jet. It is like the "Sports Utility Vehicle." Just becuase you never take it out in the rain (ie. use it differently than the manufacturer originally intended) doesn't mean you stop calling it an SUV.

I love the "practice jet" nickname. What did you fly before you presumably moved on to "big jets?" If it wasn't a fighter or tanker (sorry Tweet training or military King Air doesn't count) than it was an RJ, Dash 8, Saab, or back in the day a Navajo, etc.

If you had a more rounded aviation background you would see that pilots are pilots and airplanes are airplanes. You sound like a passenger with the whole "this airplane is so tiny."

 

[Scrapdog]

It is all semantics baby! It is called a Regional Jet, and I fly a "Regional" for one very simple reason. It's name, given by the manufacturer is... the Canadair "Regional" Jet. It is like the "Sports Utility Vehicle." Just becuase you never take it out in the rain (ie. use it differently than the manufacturer originally intended) doesn't mean you stop calling it an SUV.

I love the "practice jet" nickname. What did you fly before you presumably moved on to "big jets?" If it wasn't a fighter or tanker (sorry Tweet training or military King Air doesn't count) than it was an RJ, Dash 8, Saab, or back in the day a Navajo, etc.

If you had a more rounded aviation background you would see that pilots are pilots and airplanes are airplanes. You sound like a passenger with the whole "this airplane is so tiny."

How about "RJ." The passengers that fly on them don't really care...

 

[Regul8r]

Embraer = "$h|t Rocket"

 

[SWA GUY]

The "Urge". (Phonetically spoken for RJ).

 

[RedBelly]

I was discussing the industry with a furloughed bud of mine and a hypothetical situation came up. He belives that many pilots would choose to fly an RJ for lower pay than a turboprop with higher pay. Therefore, the new nickname would be "Vanity Wagon."

 

[Beergut]

Bombardier SkyDoo

You beat me to it! CRJ=SkyDoo
ERJ=Jungle Jet

 

[El Bucho]

MD 20/20 - Comes in different colors and are cheap to buy

WSCoD

ALPA Stealthliner....so steatlthy not even the union knows they are there....