Originally Posted by
OlyRob
I'm willing to bet RAH doesn't have a good answer at the moment. It has been the intention since the CRJs were brought on property to be short term. The uncertainty now is if 224 ERJs means 190 ExpressJet + 34 CHQ (there are currently 24 CRJ/20 ERJ) or CAL gives the ERJs being returned by ExpressJet to another regional. Its 100% (well, as 100% as 100% can be in aviation) that they will transition, whether they are moved within CHQ to the 145 or to RW/S5 for the 170 is anyone's guess.
Read the bottom of page six on the document posted by the original poster. It says that at year end 2008 there will be 195 ERJ145s (175 for XJT and 20 for CHQ), 30 ERJ135 (all XJT), and 17 CRJ200s (all CHQ). At year end 2009 there will be 234 ERJ145 (20 for CHQ and between 190-205 for XJT, although coincidentally XJT may return up to 39 ERJ145s to CAL; also XJT has "last look" rights on any CAL flying for those aircraft), 0 ERJ135s, and 7 CRJ200s (all CHQ). At year end 2010 there will be 224 ERJ145s (20 for CHQ and between 190-205 for XJT), 0 ERJ135s, and 0 CRJ200s.
I extrapolated the breakdown numbers from the current CPAs that CAL has with XJT and CHQ.