What is SKYW thinking???
04-25-2008 | 12:26 PM
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The XRJ is efficient for a few other reasons. It will carry 50 people, with all their bags, a long way. IE IAH-YYZ, IAH-ZIH, IAH-PIT, OKC-EWR, AUS-CLE. Its a good plane. You also have to remember that all of our LRJs are now LR2s, with a post-weight mod, that allows us to carry an additional 1,000lbs of weight in the reg. LRG. XJT can fill a 50 seat airplane with bags and gas b/c we have invested so much into w/b programs. So 50 seats or not, they are efficient aircraft.
1) Operating out of ZCL, CUL, or Toluca. More than once coming out of ZCL guess what? Limited on the MAGTOW. In other words, COULDN'T take ALL the bags. Same thing, take a payload hit.
Granted, doesn't happen all the time, but still.
2) You are LS limited, your destinations WX requires an alt, and that alt is QUITE a distance away and requires a considerable amount of fuel.
04-25-2008 | 03:32 PM
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Well, for the most part, yes. But I'm guessing that you have not run into a few different situations with the XR.
1) Operating out of ZCL, CUL, or Toluca. More than once coming out of ZCL guess what? Limited on the MAGTOW. In other words, COULDN'T take ALL the bags. Same thing, take a payload hit.
Granted, doesn't happen all the time, but still.
2) You are LS limited, your destinations WX requires an alt, and that alt is QUITE a distance away and requires a considerable amount of fuel.
1) Operating out of ZCL, CUL, or Toluca. More than once coming out of ZCL guess what? Limited on the MAGTOW. In other words, COULDN'T take ALL the bags. Same thing, take a payload hit.
Granted, doesn't happen all the time, but still.
2) You are LS limited, your destinations WX requires an alt, and that alt is QUITE a distance away and requires a considerable amount of fuel.
04-25-2008 | 05:47 PM
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Yes! It is a true 50 seater, and it actually does what it was made to (on the backs of the EP/LR - at least Embraer learned). But its still an RJ.
04-25-2008 | 05:53 PM
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04-25-2008 | 06:30 PM
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You must have alot of time on your hands flying the E170......Those who live in glass houses...
04-28-2008 | 03:58 PM
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It tastes so good.
04-28-2008 | 04:10 PM
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to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our
nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I,
education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the
Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they
should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should
help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should
help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be
able to build up our future, for us."
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