Originally Posted by
txflyer007
42.6% of all statistics are made up......My information is from taking this route multiple times, noticed I said taken not flown because Colgan has put me on the "gound shuttle beaumont" van more times than I can count. But don't take my word for it go talk to the rammers, gate agents, or the guy that owns the van company who is making pimp sized grips of paper on canceled flights..... I'm not trying to start an argument here but the bottom line is that IMO Colgan's performance has been terriable for Beaumont and many other city's it serves and I'm simply trying to say that whoever moves into these routes and others has an up hill climb to regain the traveling publics confidence.
Aside from performance I always found the ticket prices for most of the SF340 routes from IAH to be outrageous and completely out of touch with the fact that 80% of these customers live within 2hrs of IAH. I'm not sure if this is a Colgan or United decision but if an operator were to come into these markets like Beaumont, College Station, Waco, Lake Charles ect.. and keep it around 100 bucks per segment, similar to what Silver has done in Montana, than I think you could be successful.
That data is historical values from an internal source. Not made up.
All SF3 flying in Texas is pro-rate meaning that Colgan alone sets the ticket prices. They have always charged an arm and a leg for a seat on all of our Saab aircraft.
Stop championing Silver as the end all be all. This is a company who put Ford air conditioners on their 1900s until the FAA caught them. Silver is the new Colgan. The lowest bidder, bottom feeder, scumbag operation. Colgan led the industry in 1900 and SF3 pay rates, something the Silver folks have a long ways to achieve. I know you are under new management, but this is EXACTLY how the XJT guys treated us until we had a respectable contract.