Originally Posted by SmoothOnTop

1st, air whiskey is a great group of pilots, very generous with their jumpseats and down to Earth, friendly and strong work ethics.

Secondly, single engine taxi for a CRJ thats close to its takeoff weight doesn't make sense in PHL until you have crossed runway 27R.

The breakaway thrust, minimum taxi thrust and resultant fuel burn to turn from the push point, clear the ramp, taxi down echo and expeditiously cross the active runway (27R) on one engine is more than two engine taxi.

So, I wouldn't shut down the left engine until I was in the stop-and-go traffic on sierra leading up to the 27L - when you're 3 minutes from t/o, start it back up.

And finally, back to the thread (sale of shares and leaving board):
I'm keeping my fingers crossed, for this fine pilot group, that everything will be okay.

I just wish each airline would just raise fares to cover the increase and fuel and the cost of living increase for its crews.

Sure, you'll lose some to the LCCs.

Do they have the capacity to handle all of the flying public???