erj145s for skywest
05-06-2008 | 06:01 PM
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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?
05-06-2008 | 06:59 PM
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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.
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.
05-06-2008 | 07:02 PM
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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...
05-06-2008 | 07:04 PM
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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.
