Originally Posted by wjcandee

[Responding to the question essentially: Who is operating the Cardinals' new 777?]



True that. Jet Aviation, I believe. A General Dynamics subsidiary.

However, word was that, for next season, the Cards (and maybe their insurers, their players' insurers, etc.) wanted it on a CMI contract with a Part 121 carrier. Reliabile-ish info was that they shopped Omni and Eastern and awarded a CMI contract to Eastern. Which frankly seems insane, but some people think all doctors, lawyers and CMI carriers are the same. They're all licensed, right? So maybe the following year, after Eastern runs it for a season...

The rumor I haven't seen posted here is the one that claims that the Pats are terminating Eastern's CMI contract for their two 767 aircraft, and moving to a CMI contract with Omni. Congratulations if true. (I never understood exactly why the Pats went with Eastern, given that they already had a relationship with ATSG, in which Airborne was doing all the maintenance on the Pats aircraft for their Part 125 operator, Team 125.)