something to think about while you drink a cold one and grill something over the weekend.... at SkyWest Tech Ops the rumor (and I hate to go with that) is that they will be taking the 700s from EV and 9E will be taking the 900s... just from a training point of view it makes sense... additionally they already have parts and tooling for 7s and 9E for the 9s... more water cooler talk.. but that is the latest

Tech ops is a bulletin and a new one hasn't been published in about six months. While a fleet snap shot is posted in the bulletins, fleet changes are not announced in it.

07-03-2017 | 09:22 AM

#14322

Mesabah

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Originally Posted by Iceberg

Nothing quite as cool as a supersonic flight capped at 1500 miles!

The QueSST jets will never get ETOPS certified due to the supercruise engine. They're not going that far anyway. The future of them is uncertain, because they, like the Concorde, are gimmick jets.

07-03-2017 | 01:42 PM

#14323

PT6flyer

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Can anyone explain what Bid smoothing is?

07-03-2017 | 02:21 PM

#14324

Flightplan06

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It just means the active bid period is going to be aug 1 thru aug 30. And sept will be aug31st thru sept 30.

07-03-2017 | 06:59 PM

#14325

TalkTurkey

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Originally Posted by KSCessnaDriver

Think big picture, when the 200's we have now time out, there are what, 50 or more sitting in IGM that have time left on them?...

There are 75 of our old 200s stored. And a bunch of comair, Chautauqua and Skywest ones too.

07-04-2017 | 08:56 AM

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There are 75 of our old 200s stored. And a bunch of comair, Chautauqua and Skywest ones too.

Yea but what happens when the cs100's arrive. Another article in sky magazine about them this month. Talks about how they'll allow Delta to replace some of it's regional flying in 2018. And they have, what, 60 of them on order I think? Timing seems to make sense.

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07-04-2017 | 09:04 AM

#14327

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Originally Posted by Casualinterest

The CS100 should do Aspen no problem. I think the planes will be growth, not replacements.

07-04-2017 | 09:46 AM

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Bid Smoothing was invented by the airlines because they decided that it is unfair to them to give Pilots/FAs 11 days off in a 28-day bid period (February) and any month that has 30 days. So they adjust the length of the month so THEY benefit and not crews (aka- Maximize the amount of 31 day bid periods).

Its actually quite genius.