Originally Posted by
meyers9163
Do you recall how RAH got the E175 for USairways? 2004 PSA voted NO to flying them for 50 seat rates..... You see how that turned out for PSA since then...... No wonder RAH can't get a contract when you barely make money because your CEO bids flying so low.....
I don't, nor have I ever, flown for RAH; my regional experience came flying at Air Wisconsin.
I did, however, intern at Chautauqua in summer 2004 and helped write the very first E170 ops manual there...which was more or less a word-for-word copy of MidAtlantic's manual with a different logo at the top of the page. Those initial RAH E170s were were to be flown exclusively for United Express with J4J captains.
To answer your question...I believe RAH started operating E170s for US Airways in 2005, after purchasing MidAtlantic assets which helped AAA/AWA generate cash before their merger was finalized. But I could be wrong...