erj145s for skywest
 

anyone have any theories on this? we went to the faa to get authorization to fly erj-145s. surprised me, with all the 50 seat obsolescence talk. think it's just due to the expressjet offer? or something else behind this?

hmmm
 

Maybe to buy Mesa?

Doesn't Mesa have thirtysomething ERJs that will be out of work soon?;)

More like 20+, some of them are going to TSA as I understand it. I'll try to find the link.

It's true, authorization from the FAA was given yesterday. Training programs are in the works as we speak.

They do appear to be spooling up for training...

But what for??? It seems we could buy used CRJ's to fill a 50-seat opportunity. Why ERJs? For once I really have no idea or even a good guess as to what is going on here...

This has been in works for months, I heard about it last year, but had assumed it was going to be EJets, not ERJs.

If we buy mesa, we inherit the pilots too. I could maybe see buying the freedom certificate after most of the pilots are removed, but freedom already has ERJ authority...why would SKW need ERJ authorization just to own/operate freedom? They wouldn't...

that's what i'm saying. i find it odd that just because we may or may not buy some other company (which would be operated independently post buyout like asa) we would be doing this. so it must be for something else.

Hey maybe us Bro guys will get first dibs seeing how we are already checked out on the big wheel handles:D

Hey Wavit, how long does it take to put together and start such a training program?