NWA announces CRJ900 and EMB-175 orders

[nwaredtail]

The 175's will be the replacement for the dc-9's. NWA has 75 plus options that can be converted to 190's when needed. They are CURRENTLY scope limited but if history has told us anything, the weak dik pilots will give away more scope to get stuff like better hotel rooms for widebody pilots or better retiree benefits for upcoming retirees.

The greedy, self-serving senior pilots sold out the rest of us to save their pension, now we are seeing the results..............Great job ALPA and Duane

 

[YourPilotFriend]

I stil can not believe the deal the senior pilots gave the company on the 787, they are practically working for free on that airplane considering its operational costs are very low. I expect NWA will quickly exercise all options on that airplane.

 

[othello]

Is it a common type rating for the CRJ 200- 900?

 

[Truckdriver]

Is it a common type rating for the CRJ 200- 900?

Yes. SKYW will probably get the award to fly them for 50-seat rates.

 

[accinelli]

OK, so where are the airplanes that will be the DC-9 replacements at Mainline? If these morons order EMB-190's and put them at mainline after just ordering 175's for Compass it will be the dumbest move ever. The planes are one type and have identical training and maintenance requirements; to split the fleet between divisions wastes potential savings from economies of scale and duplicates all kinds of functions unnecessarily. Who comes up with these stupid business plans? Use some common sense for once: forget compass, they can't even manage the carrier they already have so they don't need another one. Make the company simpler not more complex. Get the EMB's but make them all 190's and put them at mainline to replace the DC-9's. Let the subcontractors finance their own Canadairs if they want the flying. This is all crazy.

I spoke to one NWA pilot and he believed that the EMBs were really replacements for the 757s. NWA's plan was to get rid of most 757s and sell them to Fed Ex. The few 757s left at NWA would be modified and flown back and forth to Europe. The CRJs are really the replacements for the DC9s.
Of course then this pilot told me that he thought man never landed on the moon and that was something concocted by NASA.

 

[8vATE]

OK, so where are the airplanes that will be the DC-9 replacements at Mainline? If these morons order EMB-190's and put them at mainline after just ordering 175's for Compass it will be the dumbest move ever.

Who came up with this?
Why the brainiacs at USAirways of course..

E170s go to MidAtlantic (part of USAirways)

MidAtlantic sold to Republic..

E190s go to USAirways...

Just more chaos and screwing over to the USAirways pilot group (furloughed and flowed up regional guys)....

But hey... the company is now raking in the dough... and Dougie Parker cashed in millions on his stock options...

 

[dbrownie]

Press ReleaseSource: Northwest Airlines


The CRJ900 has a range of nearly 1,400 miles (2,253 km) while the Embraer 175 will eventually have a nonstop range of nearly 1,700 miles (2,735 km). Northwest expects to take initial delivery of both aircraft in the second quarter of 2007.
Tim Griffin, executive vice president-marketing and distribution, said, "The new aircraft are ideally suited to serve Northwest's Heartland markets by connecting passengers through the airline's Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Memphis hubs to the carrier's expansive domestic and international route network."
"In addition, the introduction of highly-efficient 76-seat aircraft into the fleet will allow Northwest to offer new service and develop markets where demand does not yet support service with a 100-seat DC9-30, but exceeds what could be accommodated with a 50-seat Northwest Airlink CRJ200."
Discussing a future replacement for Northwest's DC-9 aircraft, Steenland said, "We are continuing to meet with aircraft manufacturers to review our requirements for a 100-seat aircraft that would replace our DC-9s."
Source: Northwest Airlines

Wow;

It looks to me like they found the dc-9 replacement jet. It will be interesting

to see how the apologists for our union will try to spin this

as being a "good" thing. Most don't care as it won't affect their lives.

Dave B

 

[FLYnMONKEYS]

The race to the bottom accelerates.

 

[jws717]

Any bets on who flys the CRJS? pinn, skywest, mesa,mesaba, comair, AWAC?

 

[Napoleon TNT]

Any bets on who flys the CRJS? pinn, skywest, mesa,mesaba, comair, AWAC?

Mesaba will fly them.

The Mesaba "union" will get a huge concessionary TA, and promote its passage within the rank and file. (They have already voluntarily offered a 15% cut from current book)

The pilots will take ANY cut, in order to keep their (duane worth)less jobs.

Mesaba pilots will undercut the rest of the industry.