No more Qs for CAL....

[Airline Driver]

Maybe I've been under a rock and missed the announcement but it also looks like Republic is shutting down the CRJ operation for Continental.

The reason RAH leased CRJ's was because that was the only 50 seat RJ available at the time. RAH tried to get 145's but there were none available. We got a 1 for 3 deal on the CRJ leases or something really really cheap. They were very short term leases. As the 175's for Republic started coming online the 145's for Chautauqua on the UsAir side would be mover over to the Continental operation. It was a plane swap. The CRJ's were a temporary lift to get our foot in the door at Continental until more 145's became available.

 

[DoinTime]

As the 175's for Republic started coming online the 145's for Chautauqua on the UsAir side would be mover over to the Continental operation. It was a plane swap. The CRJ's were a temporary lift to get our foot in the door at Continental until more 145's became available.

It doesn't seem by looking at the numbers that those CRJ are being replaced by anything. The additional 50 seaters in the report are going to Xjet.

 

[Minimaniac]

Bedford has wanted out of the CRJ's since the day he bought those queens of the desert that we fly around. He will let them go with no regret and no replacement.

As for how J4J went down, I would say it was a real positive experience overall- and I was an FO who had an increased upgrade time because half of the captain seats went to the mainline furloughees. The mainline pilots (after a two month grouchy hate the world introductory period) really helped change our company and pilot group for the better. They helped enhance our training program, and they offered a wealth of knowledge to those who flew with them. Personally, flying half my trips with mainline captains helped break me of the regional airline mentality of do-it-as-we-tell-you. They taught me to expect more from my dispatchers, more from my mechanics, and more from my union. I learned alot about flying from their stories, and made a lot of connections that may pay off one day if sanity ever returns to aviation. I think J4J pilots overall helped cure the cowboy pilot syndrome that seemed to have been requisite for "good" captains, and as an FO it exposed me to a lot of great decision making captains.

I would welcome mainline pilots onto property again, with rights to some captain seats under an EXPANSION protocol. It benefited nearly everyone, and we are all the better for it.

 

[flylike44]

can the j4j guys that left RAH come back, or was it a one shot deal? if airways starts furloughing, some of those guys might be on the street.

 

[Airline Driver]

It doesn't seem by looking at the numbers that those CRJ are being replaced by anything. The additional 50 seaters in the report are going to Xjet.

That was the plan in the beginning or at least to my understanding. I have now heard that once all of the CRJ's are gone we will have 10 less aircraft flying for Continental. I believe the number is around 34 airplanes total of which being 145's. So an addition 10 145's will head to Continental leaving us 10 planes less. But as we have seen things can change!!

 

[Regul8r]

at 130dollar oil nothing makes money

Airlines with fuel hedging do

 

[OUPilot]

were the 400's a mx pig? know plenty of people at horizon who say that they break all the time.

 

[suupah]

were the 400's a mx pig? know plenty of people at horizon who say that they break all the time.

yeah they break a lot.

 

[vtchaz]

Colgan's Q400 completion factor in May: 99.9%

 

[suupah]

Colgan's Q400 completion factor in May: 99.9%

And on-time performance? controllable that is.

 

[BirdCatcher]

Colgan's Q400 completion factor in May: 99.9%

And june is looking like 85%

 

[CallmeJB]

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