ExpressJet 2.0
03-11-2019, 09:12 AM
#331
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Originally Posted by Blackhawk
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? No new FOs, no new aircraft. No new aircraft and a promise of lowered upgrade times no new FOs.
Can’t get staffing unless there is a commitment from the legacy on a future. Look at what was happening with Endeavor or Envoy/Eagle before. Both were having major staffing issues a few years ago until their major partners made commitments to their futures. Once that was evident staffing improved, to the point that Endeavor now has a long wait for class dates.
Much of the staffing issue at xjt would have taken care of itself with a real commitment by UAL to future growth.
Can’t get staffing unless there is a commitment from the legacy on a future. Look at what was happening with Endeavor or Envoy/Eagle before. Both were having major staffing issues a few years ago until their major partners made commitments to their futures. Once that was evident staffing improved, to the point that Endeavor now has a long wait for class dates.
Much of the staffing issue at xjt would have taken care of itself with a real commitment by UAL to future growth.
03-11-2019, 10:51 AM
#332
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Staffing has never been a concern of UAL, nor of regionals other than ExpressJet. You bid on the flying even if you can’t staff it. So what if you cancel flight or have horrible performance numbers for a bit? As GoJet showed, it works. You get low upgrade times and eventually new pilots show up to staff the flying. The poor performance is forgiven and you get additional flying.
As for staffing the 550, that was an airframe designed to keep GoJet around. It just as easily could have been more -145 flying and, if the plug was pulled on GoJet by UAL the staffing would have come to ExpressJet. It wasn’t and ExpressJet will probably continue to have issues with staffing. Yes, hiring numbers have improved and hopefully will continue. But hope is not a method.
As for staffing the 550, that was an airframe designed to keep GoJet around. It just as easily could have been more -145 flying and, if the plug was pulled on GoJet by UAL the staffing would have come to ExpressJet. It wasn’t and ExpressJet will probably continue to have issues with staffing. Yes, hiring numbers have improved and hopefully will continue. But hope is not a method.
03-12-2019, 10:24 AM
#333
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Originally Posted by PontiusPilot
Junior 175 FO award goes to a 1/2019 hire.
03-12-2019, 10:30 AM
#334
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Originally Posted by N1CEandEZ
Eh sorry, but United doesn’t care that much. If XJT can’t staff the operation that’s XJT’s issue.
03-12-2019, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by da42pilot
United didn’t just spend millions of dollars acquiring Expressjet to not care about their investment.
03-12-2019, 12:23 PM
#336
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Originally Posted by da42pilot
United didn’t just spend millions of dollars acquiring Expressjet to not care about their investment.
03-12-2019, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by da42pilot
United didn’t just spend millions of dollars acquiring Expressjet to not care about their investment.
03-13-2019, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by N1CEandEZ
Did Delta care about Comair? Clearly not enough. Not saying United carelessly spent money but the price they paid for Express Jet is pennies on their balance sheet.
03-13-2019, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by John Carr
Given Commutair’s operational perfomance, UAL doesn’t really care about anything regional related....
And read this...
https://www.mro-network.com/airlines/how-united-regional-carrier-growing
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