Originally Posted by
dhc8guru
Sorry I don't have them. It was what I was told by a chief pilot. It made sense since we never had run the 175 down there outside of a few rare flights. This past trip I ran in and out of there six times on a four day. It was supposed to stop last January but it never happened. So I'm not sure why we continue to keep doing IAH trips.
SkyWest is doing IAH trips because it is cheaper to run a SkyWest 175 than a United 737. That's why they're doing IAH trips. Now if you want to talk about a real case of SkyWest taking over MESA flying, go look at DFW.