Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
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.
I do not know when RAH began US Airways Express ops with E170s...did it have to do with the AAA/AWA merger and purchase of MidAtlantic assets in 2005 as part of emergence from Chapter 11, or were there E170s in Airways colors prior to that?
Everyone seems to mix it up. Many think when PSA voted no in 2004 to CRJ900 that mesa undercut or got those planes. That's a false thought. After the no vote RAH got the 38 E175s in which was the number presented to PSA for 900s. All I'm getting at is PSA said no once to flying a larger plane for 50 seat rates. I don't follow the logic of PSA would say yes because they have before. The evidence is opposite yet gets mixed up, especially by some AE guys these days.
Truth is PSA is small with most guys at 6-8 years longevity and thus cost significantly less then most.