General Lee said:Well, we all know by now that we should have kept the jets starting at the 50 seater, and then just hired more people for them. We all know that now. Then, we lost the 70 seater when things were going great in the late 90s. I don't think we will cave again on that. A lot of what we want is to replace what we will lose----737-200s at DL and DC9s at NW. We would like to fly the replacements---and it looks like the E190 is about the right size. The E175 is flown by mainline at Air Canada, and so far no one else has it. The E170 is probably gone forever, but it really is nice and has the look and feel probably of a mini 737. So, we would like to keep the line there, and then just hire into the E175 or bigger. The CR9 at Mesa is interesting, and so is the CRJ-705. Jazz has the CRJ-705, and Mesa has the "rights" for up to 86 CR9s I believe. That, so far, is the only regional airline allowed 90 seaters in the USA, and no other major has (via the unions) allowed that other than USAir. I think the 50 seaters are on the way out, and maybe more 70 seaters will be allowed to replace them. I would think pilots would like the opportunity to eventually move up from an RJ to something bigger, and allowing larger planes at the regionals could prevent that.
Bye Bye--General Lee
So why haven't you argued in court for a merger with Comair? That brings all the aircraft over, 50 and up.