JB launches fleet review - bye bye E190?
04-23-2018 | 10:32 AM
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04-23-2018 | 10:54 AM
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04-23-2018 | 12:37 PM
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They’ve got Chief Pilots out flying flights that are 4 hours delayed. We definitely don’t have a staffing and upgrade problem. Cost savings plan accomplished!! Let’s see how many $$ millions they make tomorrow.
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04-23-2018 | 12:52 PM
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Maybe they will offer a flow for JB pilots to flow to JetSuite X, you know, so we can get in on the ground floor while JB stagnates. You have to sacrifice to work there. Their management isn't stupid...they got BlewJet pilots to sacrifice and work for less for years when they started up this gem. Lots of pilots out there who love carrots and promises who will fill those E135 flight decks.
04-23-2018 | 02:46 PM
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04-24-2018 | 06:37 AM
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Good! If the CPs are out flying that's less time they have to call pilots in to intimidate them for writing up legitimate maintenance items.
04-25-2018 | 06:52 AM
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Overbuilt? How so? I haven’t heard that.
Regarding longer and thinner routes, by definition they tend to have less competition and therefore can drive higher yields per passenger. Add lower breakeven loadfactors with the cheaper operating costs of the CSeries and you have the potential for higher profits. Do you want more or less competition? You will likely have less competition on long, thin routes.
If most of B6 routes are shorter routes, then the airline will be lugging around all day a bunch of extra capability built in the aircraft that it doesn’t need. And this isn’t free, either.
Regarding shorter routes, the vast majority of CSeries routes at SWISS are less than 1,000 miles (i.e., Zurich to London, Paris, Madrid and Milan). Europe is not a large area. If you are interested, you can read an article about a short SWISS CS300 flight from Zurich to Milan:
https://pilotstories.net/swiss-cs300-cockpit/
The point is that SWISS is using the CSeries successfully on both shorter and longer routes and more airlines are now interested in the airplane.
Regarding longer and thinner routes, by definition they tend to have less competition and therefore can drive higher yields per passenger. Add lower breakeven loadfactors with the cheaper operating costs of the CSeries and you have the potential for higher profits. Do you want more or less competition? You will likely have less competition on long, thin routes.
If most of B6 routes are shorter routes, then the airline will be lugging around all day a bunch of extra capability built in the aircraft that it doesn’t need. And this isn’t free, either.
Regarding shorter routes, the vast majority of CSeries routes at SWISS are less than 1,000 miles (i.e., Zurich to London, Paris, Madrid and Milan). Europe is not a large area. If you are interested, you can read an article about a short SWISS CS300 flight from Zurich to Milan:
https://pilotstories.net/swiss-cs300-cockpit/
The point is that SWISS is using the CSeries successfully on both shorter and longer routes and more airlines are now interested in the airplane.
I don’t mean to totally discredit long, thin routes. In the end it’s all about how much you sell those tickets for. But generally speaking, they’re more economically challenging and by definition that means fewer of them exist.
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