Just wondering...
12-12-2019 | 06:39 AM
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Just wondering...
The Mesa Airlines Profile states under fleet numbers that Mesa has one (1) CRJ-200.
Now I realize there is a lot of commonality in CRJ parts and maintenance, but it still seems bizarre to me that any airline would have a single one of anything in their fleet. Granted, it’s only my idle curiosity and no big deal, but can someone tell me if that plane is actually real or not, if it is in revenue service, if it is used as a trainer, if it is used as a company executive jet, or if it’s on a pylon out in front of some company building as a monument - or just what the status is?
Just seems strange is all...
Now I realize there is a lot of commonality in CRJ parts and maintenance, but it still seems bizarre to me that any airline would have a single one of anything in their fleet. Granted, it’s only my idle curiosity and no big deal, but can someone tell me if that plane is actually real or not, if it is in revenue service, if it is used as a trainer, if it is used as a company executive jet, or if it’s on a pylon out in front of some company building as a monument - or just what the status is?
Just seems strange is all...
12-12-2019 | 07:14 AM
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The Mesa Airlines Profile states under fleet numbers that Mesa has one (1) CRJ-200.
Now I realize there is a lot of commonality in CRJ parts and maintenance, but it still seems bizarre to me that any airline would have a single one of anything in their fleet. Granted, it’s only my idle curiosity and no big deal, but can someone tell me if that plane is actually real or not, if it is in revenue service, if it is used as a trainer, if it is used as a company executive jet, or if it’s on a pylon out in front of some company building as a monument - or just what the status is?
Just seems strange is all...
Now I realize there is a lot of commonality in CRJ parts and maintenance, but it still seems bizarre to me that any airline would have a single one of anything in their fleet. Granted, it’s only my idle curiosity and no big deal, but can someone tell me if that plane is actually real or not, if it is in revenue service, if it is used as a trainer, if it is used as a company executive jet, or if it’s on a pylon out in front of some company building as a monument - or just what the status is?
Just seems strange is all...
12-12-2019 | 10:40 AM
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12-12-2019 | 08:25 PM
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Dubbed Casper due to its all-white exterior, Mesa bought it from Skywest years ago for parts. Management realized it had potential as a spare aircraft, and used it in that capacity to the dismay of the many pilots who are wholly unfamiliar with -200 procedures, hate leaving 29 pax behind, and frown on coming back to the gate for mx half the time (they say it’s the oldest CRJ-200 still flying, if it is). And yes, it’s been used by company big wigs for non-business reasons on more than one occasion.
12-13-2019 | 09:36 PM
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Dubbed Casper due to its all-white exterior, Mesa bought it from Skywest years ago for parts. Management realized it had potential as a spare aircraft, and used it in that capacity to the dismay of the many pilots who are wholly unfamiliar with -200 procedures, hate leaving 29 pax behind, and frown on coming back to the gate for mx half the time (they say it’s the oldest CRJ-200 still flying, if it is). And yes, it’s been used by company big wigs for non-business reasons on more than one occasion.
12-15-2019 | 06:14 AM
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Lots of threads on a.net about it...here’s one. You can just google airliner flight cycle limits or something like that and find a lot of info on it.
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