Originally Posted by
skillett
Rumor is AA/US is tired of the W/B restrictions of Skywest's 200's. Coincidentally Hawaii's 200's W/B changed soon after US complained about Mesa never having this problem. Now 1000lbs of ballast and bumped passengers in Hawaii are now the norm. Skywest also has a 20 min break in hub between flights. Parker loves those tight schedules with quick turns and Skywest's contract allows them to take a break. (Skywest folks tell me if I'm wrong)
Phoenix downsizing is the rumor. But with no more slots at LAX and SFO competition with United I would think PHX would be a huge loss to give up. PHX to all the LA area suburbs are always full. But look at LAS, what do I know, I don't count the beans.
EMB I know will have internet, not sure about TV's. United's CEO said he wants to bring back luxury and class to the airlines. (VX) And customer service, that's when I laughed my ass off after flying in the United system for so long deadheading on United flights. I wrote this quick because the long form made me log in again and it didn't post.
Well, that would be quite the interesting rumor seeing as how our 200's rarely have w/b restrictions...Per US Airways fuel policy we tanker/roundtrip fuel on every US Air flight. This occasionally only causes a weight restriction on flights to FLG as fuel is only available certain hours and US would rather us bump people and tanker gas then pay the ridiculous price for jet fuel in FLG. As far as the Eagle flying, again rarely are those weight restricted. We all know the 200 is prone to this and it will happen on some flights to EUG at night when an alt is required, but again weight restrictions are very few and far between.