Originally Posted by
tyrael37
I hope with that RFP that some of the new proceeds from the bargaining table would increase the pilot wages, but that's just a little too positive huh? I'm all for consolidation anyways. I don't see ExpressJet lasting that much longer with the fuel sky rocketing like that.
Those xr seems really fue efficient as the CRJ200 (last time I flew it) at FL310 was burning about 1450pph/per side at .74M. I also thought that Embraer isn't producing the XRs anymore. :?
ExpressJet will last. There is only so much 50-seat flying that Continental would cut. As we said earlier, Continental relies pretty heavily on their regional network and can't go any biger than 50 seats (for jets). Our CAL flying represents 75% of our flying. Branded fuel is hedged and the capacity has been reduced to the markets that are filling up. Charter is doing well...so I've heard. Delta flying is shared risk, not CPA so I could see the fuel affecting that flying.
You are right, Embraer does not produce XRs anymore, but we can always convert the options to 170s, but I won't even begin to open up that Pandora's box.