Originally Posted by
JetJock16
That's a pathetic attempt at a rebuttal.
That's like saying: “Oh Ya! Well I slept with our girlfriend/wife!”
LOL!
You're right; none of us are trying to get paid more. Not Pinnacle, not MAG, not Mesaba, not RAH or anyone else operating CR7's/9's or E-170/5. We love operating more profitable a/c for our companies while adding nothing to our pockets. Can you please stop pointing out the obvious as though none of us know it. Regardless of what you may think we are fighting this flight and one day, when XJT gets larger a/c, you will be too. Until then you can continue to think your airline will treat its pilots differently but remember the past is behind you and the future is always changing.
It’s sad that you can’t come up with a good argument about why your ERJ-145’s are better than the CR7/9 or the E-170/5’s. Don’t think about it as our CR7/9’s or E-170/5. Just make a case for the a/c? Can you? We’re talking about efficiency not pay.
………………………………………have a banana!
I don't think the EMB145 is better than a CRJ7/9, but I also don't think its any worse. The CRJ7/9 is still a super stretched CRJ-100 to me, and I have ridden on both the 100 and 900. I can't get into the efficiency aspects of the airplanes because I haven't flown the CRJ7/9 or the EMB170/5, but I assume the only reason you call them more efficient is because you can put more butts in the airplane, but burn about the same amount of gas. If I had to pick between a 170 and a CRJ7/9, it would definitely be the EMB170, a far superior a/c passenger comfort wise IMHO. My argument about why they will most likely use the EMB145 over the 700/900 is not because its better or XJET is better or any crap like that. Its simply that I think they are a better fit for the destinations they have announced. I don't think that the markets down in those areas would fill a 70 seater, plus I don't know if the CRJ7/9 would get out full on a 5500ft runway, the EMB145XR most certainly can, maybe someone who flies the 700/900 could let me know. Thats been my whole point, I don't know if the 700/900 needs to be wasted on those markets. I don't know how they have been lately, but when I did LAX to Mexico redeyes last winter for Continental Express, the airplanes were usually not full. There was a lot of competition from Mexicana and AeroMexico, and I know that quite a few LCC have popped up in Mexico that are most likely providing even more competition.