Lawsuit against CHQ???
06-01-2007 | 12:38 PM
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Not everyone at XJT wants CHQ to completely fail. I, for one, am happy they came in and gave us the chance to operate elsewhere. It's kinda nice to be based on the west coast now, and not have to deal with that miserable commute from SFO to IAH anymore. More power to the pilot group for jumping head first into this too... it's not easy getting dumped into enemy territory without a very good plan by management.
06-01-2007 | 12:46 PM
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I "heard" that no such thing happened with CHQ/CAL. The version I heard was that CAL basically capped CHQ's flying at current levels, no expansion right now. Giving them time to get some of their operational difficulties straightned out brfore moving forward.
And to the previous poster, those CRJ's didn't sit in the desert for 3 years. I-Air went out in the beginning of 2006. SOME planes were parked prior to that. By your calender, those planes would have been parked sometime around 2003. Not the case.
And to the previous poster, those CRJ's didn't sit in the desert for 3 years. I-Air went out in the beginning of 2006. SOME planes were parked prior to that. By your calender, those planes would have been parked sometime around 2003. Not the case.
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06-01-2007 | 12:53 PM
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I've been told that CHQ didn't want the CRJ's. Still doesn't. That they had to get them for a few reasons. One being there were no ERJ's available and #2 that Continental requested them because they found people favor 2x2 seating. The routes they want to cover and lack of gates are enough to give anyone the short end of the stick regardless of what they were flying. Could be the same bestfriend's college roomate as the last guy though.
06-01-2007 | 01:03 PM
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Last time I checked, Embraer is still making new E145s...they might not have found 145s at a price they wanted but thats not to say there weren't any available...
06-01-2007 | 01:09 PM
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Actually they are making Legacy jets and 170's right now.
06-01-2007 | 01:11 PM
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As for EMB-145s, no -- the production line is closed. Apparently XJT is the only carrier that can get it back open again, unless someone else placed a large order for XRs or something.
It doesn't matter though; there will be plenty of ERJs in the desert in a few years.
06-01-2007 | 01:14 PM
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Yes...but not Legacies and E-Jets exclusively.
Embraer is still manufacturing new 145s...at least according to Embraer's website which says the firm-order backlog for 145s is 53 airframes. In fact, they delivered a brand-spanking-new 145 to the Nigerian government just this past month.
Embraer is still manufacturing new 145s...at least according to Embraer's website which says the firm-order backlog for 145s is 53 airframes. In fact, they delivered a brand-spanking-new 145 to the Nigerian government just this past month.
06-01-2007 | 01:37 PM
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I dunno what Bedford and Heller sold to CAL, but Chautauqua seemed destined to fail putting a new fleet type in the CRJ-200 on routes like IAH-RIC/ORF/MSP.
Chautauqua set themselves up for failure by trying to add a completely new fleet type on the cheap without type-experienced mechanics (hence the multiple IDG failures due to lack of oil I've been told about by friends there), skimping on crew training and recruitment, outstation basing, and general biting off way more than they could realistically chew at Purdue Road in the last 12-18 months.
Folks at XJT (Saab, for example) seem to be wanting CHQ to fail and get the boot from CAL...and while I kinda understand the sentiment, the pilots didn't make that deal, RAH and CAL management did. Direct your vitriol elsewhere...
Chautauqua set themselves up for failure by trying to add a completely new fleet type on the cheap without type-experienced mechanics (hence the multiple IDG failures due to lack of oil I've been told about by friends there), skimping on crew training and recruitment, outstation basing, and general biting off way more than they could realistically chew at Purdue Road in the last 12-18 months.
Folks at XJT (Saab, for example) seem to be wanting CHQ to fail and get the boot from CAL...and while I kinda understand the sentiment, the pilots didn't make that deal, RAH and CAL management did. Direct your vitriol elsewhere...
I really dont want CHQ to fail per se, I just want Larry to realize that he didnt make the smartest decision..............dont worry just wait until COLGAN comes into EWR with a new fleet type..............that my friends will be a disaster
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