Originally Posted by squawkoff

I know noting about Expressjet but have been at Republic (Chautauqua) for a little over 3 weeks and can say I am not impressed at all. In fact I am very disappointed. It seems everything is the absolute bare bones minimum. I was shocked when I found out the majority of airplanes don't have ACARS. No electronic weight and balance. You have to spin the wheel and do a manual W/B each and every leg. I don't mean to complain here but in this day and age we're pulling out a calculator and writing on a piece of paper for W/B when computers are so available with programs that take most of the error out? Have to call back to give your out and off times. With an operation this big it is disappointing not to have an ACARS capability.