Originally Posted by
APC225
Unreal. Within 5 months of the new scope they can buy 70 new planes but can't have an online expense reporting system, have no way to select crew meals, and we're still using paper Jepps and likely will be until well after these new planes are flying.
There is much about that statement I agree with, but just a correction:
The first (30) EMB175s announced a few weeks ago are being bought by United. These (40) planes are being bought by Skywest, as part of a 100 aircraft order with 100 options.
SkyWest, Inc. Announces Agreement With Embraer For 100 Firm And 100 Options E175 Regional Jets - Yahoo! Finance
I just completed a trip where we were supposed to have "contractually compliant crew meals" on board all but one of our flights, per the meal matrix posted on the Flight Operations website. Not one meal was boarded this trip and the caterers didn't have a clue what we were talking about. That's fine. I just ended up expensing a nice reasonable dinner of MY choosing on each overnight. Sorry for the drift....