Originally Posted by
mosquito
I saw this on airliners.net, I don't know if anybody posted it.
"Interestingly, in the 8/27 issue of Aviation Daily, the average block hour operating cost was listed for a number of CRJ-200 operators, the only operator with higher costs was Mesa.
Mesa - $2231/hr
Comair - $2203/hr
Air Wis - $1638/hr
Skywest - $1389/hr
ASA - $1339/hr
Mesaba - $956/hr
PSA - $953/hr
Pinnacle - $730/hr"
I thought it was interesting. I wonder if Daddy D want us to the cheapest HO! I mean OH.
Mosquito,
Those numbers don't make sense unless they include a lot of costs not directly related to operating the aircraft.
I mean really, three times the cost of Pinnacle? Do Pinnacle pilots pay management to fly the planes? Does COMAIR pay cash at the local FBO for fuel? How do you cost three times more?
The only possible thing that I can think of is that they included management bonuses.
I don't believe those numbers.
Scoop