Rumor or Not? ASA 65 ERJ's

[viper548]

Does anyone have an accurate count of how many CRJs are sitting in TUS? I was there last week and counted 35

 

[General Lee]

no more CRJs are being made. I don't know how many Indy had left. CAL will have the ERJs being flown by express. As I understand it, express has the option to put them to use somewhere else or turn them over to CAL. I don't know if that is correct or not but, I do know there isn't anywhere outside of CALs system that can use 69 ERJs. So, I don't see how express is going to be able to use them. So, SkyW will staff the planes for CAL because express has refused to.

I heave heard from a reliable source that Jim Ream (at Expressjet) has stated that he will do something interesting with those 69 ERJs--like starting a new fractional ownership program with them. My friends over there stated Ream would rather sub lease those E145s to some Chinese airline rather than have them used in the USA, and they have the rights to use them however they want. CAL owns them, but Expressjet is leasing them for a certain amount of time and can do what they want. Expect a fractional program that will challenge Flight Options and Netjets.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[ohplease!]

I heave heard from a reliable source that Jim Ream (at Expressjet) has stated that he will do something interesting with those 69 ERJs--like starting a new fractional ownership program with them. My friends over there stated Ream would rather sub lease those E145s to some Chinese airline rather than have them used in the USA, and they have the rights to use them however they want. CAL owns them, but Expressjet is leasing them for a certain amount of time and can do what they want. Expect a fractional program that will challenge Flight Options and Netjets.


Bye Bye--General Lee

That may all be true. I don't see express eating the lease payments by putting them in the desert just to keep anyone from flying them.

 

[SSDD]

I remember about a year ago quite a few people were saying that the ASA/Skywest situation was a done deal. A lot of ASA guys couldn't believe that Mother DL would ever "sacrifice" them. It took about 6 months for the rumor to be confirmed.

Sometimes a rumor is just a rumor. But it could also be that Skywest is covering its bases in case the General and his crew decide to pull the plug on DL.

 

[ArcticFlier]

for what it's worth i spoke with hiring personel last week and she said SkyWest forecast to hire 400 pilots the rest of this year. with only a few more airplanes from the Delta side coming in to SkyWest maybe management knows something and they aren't telling us with respect to more airplanes coming in. 400 new hires with only a few planes on the schedule coming in doesn't seem to add up.

Probably has to do with UAL furloughees going back to mainline.............in addition to some expansion.


AF

 

[amcnd]

I heave heard from a reliable source that Jim Ream (at Expressjet) has stated that he will do something interesting with those 69 ERJs--like starting a new fractional ownership program with them. My friends over there stated Ream would rather sub lease those E145s to some Chinese airline rather than have them used in the USA, and they have the rights to use them however they want. CAL owns them, but Expressjet is leasing them for a certain amount of time and can do what they want. Expect a fractional program that will challenge Flight Options and Netjets.

I dont think anyone would want to charter a 145 to go to japan! 4 or 5 stops! When you can jump in a G5 and go nonstop.:laugh:

 

[azpilot]

I heard from a reliable source that either, Mesa, Skywest, ASA, Comair, Commutair, Great Lakes, Horizon, Chatauqua, TransStates, or Colgan was getting the Xjet flying but if that doesn't happen Xjet will keep the flying.

Tools! Enough with the friggin rumors. Post the press release if and when something happens.

 

[ohplease!]

I heard from a reliable source that either, Mesa, Skywest, ASA, Comair, Commutair, Great Lakes, Horizon, Chatauqua, TransStates, or Colgan was getting the Xjet flying but if that doesn't happen Xjet will keep the flying.

Tools! Enough with the friggin rumors. Post the press release if and when something happens.

a little touchy aren't ya'?

 

[viper548]

Probably has to do with UAL furloughees going back to mainline.............in addition to some expansion.


AF

I heard we have about 200 UAL furloughees at SKW, that makes sense too.

 

[BoilerUP]

I heard from a reliable source that either, Mesa, Skywest, ASA, Comair, Commutair, Great Lakes, Horizon, Chatauqua, TransStates, or Colgan was getting the Xjet flying but if that doesn't happen Xjet will keep the flying.

Well played, sir.

 

[viper548]

In a few months you should be on a beach never to be heard from again... Remortgage the house, sell everything you own and put it on SKYW... Any of you market monkeys want to guess how much of a jump the SKYW would get off a 65 plane announcement?

SKYW was at about $20 before the purchase of ASA. It hit a high of $34 in Nov and is currently at $28. I no market expert, but I'd guess IF they were awarded the COEX flying the stock would hit $35 within a few months. Ameritrade is listing the average target price as $34.

 

[atlcrashpad]

Delted.....

 

[ArcticFlier]

I heard from a reliable source (C.L.) that the sky was falling.


AF

 

[ohplease!]

I heard from a reliable source (C.L.) that the sky was falling.


AF

I think I heard that as well. Funny.:laugh:

Time to go watch the kids run track. hasta la vista.

 

[mckpickle]

I hope we'd burn the damn things before giving them to an airline that can't get a freakin contract in 4 years! Or a decent freaking contract.

 

[atlcrashpad]

I heard from a reliable source (C.L.) that the sky was falling.


AF

Didn't Chicken Little get voted off American Idol?

 

[Master Shake]

This sh!t is like a frickin merry-go-round. About every 2 weeks someone has "breaking news" about Ma CAL sealing the deal with XYZ Airlines. Sit tight and wait for some official word. It's a bad time for alot of regionals right now. Bearing that in mind, our management has something cooking. I remain cautiously optimistic. Lookout, I'm hitting the punchbowl again

 

[fastback]

Sweet Christ, check out the General's new avatar! It's absurd. I'm hoping it's just a promotional avatar to commemorate [sp] his six thousanth-five hundreth-whatever the freak it is post, and back to normal soon. BTW I hope the good folks at ExpressJet keep their flying or put the planes to profitable use.

 

[whatitdoing?]

It's true. At least the part of ASA bidding on the CO flying in IAH. We'lll all know in 2 or 3 weeks.

 

[Detroitpilot22]

Guys, what are you arguing about, Pinnacle won the Continental bid months ago. Haven't you seen the E145 sitting in Memphis with continental colors and Pinnacle Airlines painted on the engines?

 

["GO AROUND"]

I hope we'd burn the dang things before giving them to an airline that can't get a freakin contract in 4 years! Or a decent freaking contract.

Do you always drop your pants to let everyone see how small a brain you really have. Cause you just did with that post. What a F*ckin schmuck!

You're blaming ASA pilots for the faults of the RLA, our managment and DAL dragging our contract out for 3 1/2 years? Or are you blaming us for the CEO of SKW bidding on a RFP that CAL put out to the industry that ASA might end up flying? Then you truly are as ignorant and petty as your post makes you look.

Neither of those things do the ASA pilots or Coex pilots have any say in whatsoever. Well, you guys could take a paycut and keep the flying? Which we have not and I will not to play the game. I can do other things than race to the bottom of this growingly crappy industry.

If you're gonna be pissed then direct it at the right people. The ASA pilots have done nothing to the Coex pilots.

P.S.

F*ck you and the rest of the Coex pilots if that is how you think!!!!

 

[Turtlesfly]

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[Jon Rivoli]

I believe we would like to find a new home for a bunch of our 50 seaters currently flying for United. We can replace a 200 with a 700 on the United side which I believe both SKYW and UAL would like to do, but I think we are on average only about 2 years into about something like ten year leases on them. If we could shift the airframes to CAL or someone else we could get one for one growth with 700's, up to I believe the 55 or so CRJ200's now flying for United. A potential problem with CAL is who holds the leases on the EMB's, I don't know. If CAL does, then I would expext they would want whomever gets the contract to use those planes, so that wouldn't help the above scenario. I also heard the other day (RUMOR) that D.F. the #1 in training is talking about a new type on the property by the end of the year; EMB-145? B747? Who knows, but rumors are fun to talk about.

 

[biggerguy]

Mcpickle might be a dumbass for that statement, or he may have forgotten to "log out" somewhere.

BUT Mr. GO AROUND, your response was just as impressive! If your going to make stupid statements like "F*ck the COEX pilots", remember, there are nearly 3000 of us.
TREAD LIGHTLY!

 

[MMO 0.705]

asa guys,
the bases really suck so i really dont know what you are all so happy about. Have you ever been to ewr? or the lovely crashpad areas around there? I hope you like ghetto

 

[shamrock]

If your going to make stupid statements like "F*ck the COEX pilots", remember, there are nearly 3000 of us.
TREAD LIGHTLY!

F*ck you and the rest of the Coex pilots if that is how you think!!!!

Make sure you read the whole sentence, biggerguy.

Assuming you don't agree with McPickle's comment about our (lack of) contract progress and where the blame lies for that I don't think anyone would have a problem with you.

I don't like the idea of gaining flying at the expense of ExpressJet and I would like to think that the majority at ASA feels the same way.

 

[Turkey Shoot]

CoEx guys need to quit blaming other pilots for their woes. News Flash!! We all have problems! You don't see TSA guys blaming Air Whisky for getting their US Air flying. Jeez, grow up already. You want to assess blame, look towards to your own management, not other pilots who just pawns in a big game.

 

[Superpilot92]

CoEx guys need to quit blaming other pilots for their woes. News Flash!! We all have problems! You don't see TSA guys blaming Air Whisky for getting their US Air flying. Jeez, grow up already. You want to assess blame, look towards to your own management, not other pilots who just pawns in a big game.

Hey numbnuts i believe that most of us on here arent blaming the pilots, we however do get angry when people start getting hardons on the fact that some of our fellow pilots could get canned. The industry sucks but you will never see me excited about others being worried about losing their jobs.

on a side note only time will tell what will happen but some flying may go to another carrier but i strongly feel some good will come of this for our pilot group.

 

[jayme]

Who the fck has a hardon to take your flying? What are you talking about?

 

[scott hall]

i guess ASA should start hiring. Probably have flight safety train the initial pilots since asa's training departent could not handle it.