Why is United mainline shopping for ATR-72's?

[siucavflight]

Anyone know why this is happening? Few Weeks ago they were looking at the Q-400's, took a demo ride and everything, and next week they are demoing the ATR-72s, whats going on at UAL?

 

[Tarzan]

Delta owns some of our ATR's. Sounds like Yo-nited is looking for some similar action. With the fuel prices like they are, those things burn so little by comparison to a jet that it makes sense to have them for short hauls.

 

[RemoveB4Flght]

Because they are going to pay widebody to mainline pilots to fly them and just do away with all this silly regional jet foolishness...

we will all soon be out of a job

 

[siucavflight]

I can not understand exactly why they are looking at them, but yeah, they are pretty economical I guess.

 

[BoilerUP]

I can not understand exactly why they are looking at them, but yeah, they are pretty economical I guess.

Source?

I thought ORD was "done" with turboprops, even after the Dornier was outrunning the jets down low?

A high-capacity turboprop makes more business sense on those ATW/SPI/PIA/FWA/SBN/etc routes...

 

[siucavflight]

Source?

I thought ORD was "done" with turboprops, even after the Dornier was outrunning the jets down low?

A high-capacity turboprop makes more business sense on those ATW/SPI/PIA/FWA/SBN/etc routes...

The source is the ATR sales rep. ATR will be landing at PWK (Palwaukee, new Chicago Executive) airport on OCT 7th, Static display will be set up at 7AM on the 8th at Signature Flight Support, all of UALs big wigs will be there, and the demo flight should begin between 9 and 10 AM and they will leave very quickly after that.

 

[catIIIc]

I think this all entails the FAA cracking down on slot controlled airports, and high capacity turboprops could help with congestion ie 4-5 50 seaters vs 2-3 76 turboprops.

 

[IronCityBlue]

United "mainline" is shopping for planes to outsource to the lowest bidder. I hope you don't think they ever thought, for one second, they would fly them at the mainline.

 

[siucavflight]

United "mainline" is shopping for planes to outsource to the lowest bidder. I hope you don't think they ever thought, for one second, they would fly them at the mainline.

So they will own you them you think?

 

[Flyin2low]

It's part of United's new ab initio program that they will be coming out with shortly. Zero to mainline in 5 years.

 

[Instinct]

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[Sonny Crockett]

UAL "shops" airplanes all the time.

We looked at the A-380 and the B787 recently, doens't mean anything.

I am 100% sure UAL will not buy ATR's. Maybe Mesa might buy them and fly them?

 

[viper548]

GoJets is gonna spin off another company to fly them. All the GoJetters will stab each other in the back to get in the left seat. The pay rate will be the going EMB-120 rates.

 

[TNHillbilly]

Colgan will fly them out of DEN at our current Q400 rates which are so low its embarrasing. Who got their 50 dollars?

 

[Flybet3]

Anyone know why this is happening? Few Weeks ago they were looking at the Q-400's, took a demo ride and everything, and next week they are demoing the ATR-72s, whats going on at UAL?

Word on the street is that Colgan might be flying Q400s for United. I heard this from a colgan captain.

 

[freeflyer14]

Word on the street is that Colgan might be flying Q400s for United. I heard this from a colgan captain.

This must be true then....

 

[Flybet3]

This must be true then....

Indeed

 

[flyin4jsus]

They're buying them so Air Wisconsin can fly for United again. Since United isn't happy with Mesa, Go-Jets.

 

[siucavflight]

Yeah, mesa and ho jets suck.

 

[Alaska82]

Colgan Air.....F*uck Yeah!