Originally Posted by
winglet
pilotrob23,
There are 38 CRJ900's with a probable contract extension through September 2015, 8 CRJ200's to be phased out by June 2012 and the Dash-8 contract can be cancelled by US Airways with 6 months notice. Unfortunately, 8 CRJ200's employ approximately 50 to 60 pilots at MAG.
The 20 CRJ700's contracted with United also have a phaseout schedule from 2012 through 2018.
winglet
Is there anyone who is able to shed some light as to why this hasn't been done? Perhaps a crew news question about this is in order. We want this flying, have the staffing for it already, and we provide a superior product. Seems like Airways should have used its upper hand while they were renegotiating the Mesa contract to get this flying on PDT property. Its ridiculous for MAG to operate 6 lone dashes. Oh wait, let me guess, Mesa can do it for 20 cents less per leg.