Originally Posted by
NVUS
CRJ2 is making money (lots of it). You don't park planes that make money unless someone wants you to fly planes that make even more money (and the E-175 is not it...yet). Why else did SkyWest just grow by 12 CRJ2s for Delta? I know, I know, every industry pundit and pilot and CEO wants to tell you the 50-seaters are gas hogs and money losers and they can't get rid of them fast enough. And yet, they are still going. If the CRJ2 is a money loser, then Air Wisconsin is going to be feeling the heat long before SkyWest will.
There will probably be a market for about 400 fifty seat aircraft industry wide once it's all said and done.
Originally Posted by
Squallrider
As far as I'm aware expressjet is not properly staffed, Even though they are losing airplanes their attrition is making up for it (last I heard 70 a month to I'm sure nevets will rah rah Union in a sec and give a better number
. I think this will be more parking of 145s for tsa and expressjet than our 200s. Apparently were cheaper than expressjet, so that makes us the clear choice providing we can staff which so far we are (need more reserves in some bases)
And we can ALL be cheaper together but certain people don't want that. The last aircraft that will be parked are Skywest owned aircraft. And that includes zero 145s.
Was that rah rah good enough?