The New Eastern Air Lines Just Ordered (MOU) 20 MRJs In addition to 737Max

[bafanguy]

They start their first class on Jan. 2.

Any numbers of CA & FOs given ?

 

[LearLove]

Ritch people like to play with airplanes. History shows they soon tire though and move the money elsewhere.

 

[bafanguy]

Ritch people like to play with airplanes. History shows they soon tire though and move the money elsewhere.

I suppose a smart businessman will not keep pumping money into a venture that isn't going to work. At that point, they "...move the money elsewhere.".

Airlines exist for the same, and only, reason every other business exists: make money. Sometimes we Little People benefit; sometimes (maybe even frequently) we don't.

But, you can't win if you don't enter. I guess that's why some of them keep trying ?

Roland King and Herb Kelleher, for example, were some rich guys who played with airplanes. A bunch of Little People seem to have benefited.

It's at least entertaining to watch these things evolve...maybe even wish them well ?

 

[General Lee]

I suppose a smart businessman will not keep pumping money into a venture that isn't going to work. At that point, they "...move the money elsewhere.".

Airlines exist for the same, and only, reason every other business exists: make money. Sometimes we Little People benefit; sometimes (maybe even frequently) we don't.

But, you can't win if you don't enter. I guess that's why some of them keep trying ?

Roland King and Herb Kelleher, for example, were some rich guys who played with airplanes. A bunch of Little People seem to have benefited.

It's at least entertaining to watch these things evolve...maybe even wish them well ?

Yeah, Indy Air evolved from a Regional and got their arse kicked by everyone else, including SWA. That was fun to watch. VA survived because they filled a niche at the time of their inception, comfortable transcon flights at cheaper prices than the Legacies. What will the new Eastern bring that JB, Spirit, SWA, and the Legacies don't? I think the Indy Air response may happen again.



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[bafanguy]

I think the Indy Air response may happen again.

Bye Bye---General Lee

Entirely possible...maybe even probable. Time will tell.

 

[BuckMurdock1]

Eastern resurrected?!

Pan Am next?!

Next thing you know, some airline will call themselves "Endeavor Air"..after the fictitious airline in the Mel Gibson movie "Ransom".

Not limited to airlines I suppose; how many reiterations of "teenage mutant ninja turtles" or "transformers" must we endure?! I guess the present entitlement generation is satisfied with simply ripping off the ideas of previous generations.

 

[20sx]

This might be different than Indy air. When they started with 50 seat rj's, oil went up drastically. At least this time, oil is going down drastically.

 

[rettofly]

Yeah, Indy Air evolved from a Regional and got their arse kicked by everyone else, including SWA. That was fun to watch. VA survived because they filled a niche at the time of their inception, comfortable transcon flights at cheaper prices than the Legacies. What will the new Eastern bring that JB, Spirit, SWA, and the Legacies don't? I think the Indy Air response may happen again.



Bye Bye---General Lee

Schadenfreude much, azz breath?

 

[critterair2]

Spirit will absorb them. Change the name to EAL and roll on.

 

[bafanguy]

So what's the latest word on the new EAL ? Still in the works ?