Originally Posted by
SharkyBN584
I was under the impression that CAL was putting 73's on some of those routes covered by the 69 aircraft, cutting some routes altogether, and then the left over stuff was to be flown by CHQ - hence 44 does not equal 69. True story?
True. Some of it has to do as mentioned above with the transition in paint schemes from chaniqua, some of it has to do with the fact that some markets have grown enough to easily accomodate a 737.
I don't have any bitterness towards chaniqua, however, I fail to understand how adding an extra fleet type (24 aircraft at that) with zero commonality, will be profitable for them. The only thing I can think of is that management is gambling on getting more flying in 3 years from CAL...that's definetely a gamble!