Does anyone that's gone through recently have an update on how long it's taking?

 

3-4 months. Bigger problem is reserves are sitting now on both airframes and not flying like some of those promised here.

Not enough flying left over so no open time to bed had. You’ll be on airport standby a lot and not flying unless they decide to give us more flying again.

 

How long are people sitting on reserve these days?

 

I have a slightly different view. If you get the 175 expect long reserve with not a ton of flying. It is now a small over staffed fleet with no growth opportunity.

The 145 is now a completely different story. It is very understaffed with 30 airplanes parked in need of crews. The company has stated the priority for 2020 will be to get those 30 airframes in the air. That is growth, even if it’s not from new planes. So I would say expect movement on the 145 to be rapid. Reserve time 2 months or so depending on base. Plenty of flying. I’m pretty sure Spin Two is expressing frustrations of the 175 group. If you come into training today on the 145 expect short reserve, lots of flying and upgrade to captain at 1000 hrs. If you come into training today on the 175 good luck to you. It’s going to be painful for the next year.

 

I don't start training until mid-Feb but I'm 100% hoping for the 145.

 

how many legs does the 145 fly on an average day?

 

Is ORD still a somewhat junior base for the 145?

 

Will be super senior here on out. IAH is the junior base now.

 

Why here on out, are they taking away 145 flying from ORD or something?

 

Yep. It’s already senior.

Go-Jet 50 seat 550’s displacing flying there. Commutair trying to move in too.

”The ERJ145 is the backbone of this airline and our now-through-next-year focus will be to fly many more of our 90+ aircraft in revenue service. United has told us that there are plenty of opportunities for ERJ145 growth and UA-Network continues to stay focused on growing the IAH hub. We will continue to evaluate our domiciles as United starts solidifying their United Express 50 seat feed structure. As United focuses on competing with American and Delta in the New York and Chicago markets and the North East in general, they will increase the deployment of 3-class CRJ550s (we have heard as many as 50 by the end of 2020). This will see our footprint in EWR, CLE and potentially ORD change. United is very focused on capturing the business traveler markets in EWR and ORD as they compete against Delta in LGA and American in LGA and ORD with 3-class aircraft. This will make ExpressJet fly more in the South and towards the West. And, as I mentioned above, United wants to increase the number of ERJ145 shells we fly and wants us to increase block hours as soon as we can produce them.”