Yes, but here are some other numbers maybe you are glossing over.

A look at airlines' September on-time performance - Yahoo! News

That's a really good question. I don't think the 200s will be discarded yet. Mesaba will continue to operate 17 200s that they have for the next few years. I do see them being replaced with 76 seat CRJ9s in the near future, however as they are not as economical as 900s.

From the contract I seen, scope is 86,000. Compass will be over scope weight limit if airplanes are upgraded to AR weights. Thus there is the exemption. If the planes they get are not AR weights then it is under the scope limit.

Good call...our numbers aren't published because they end up going apart of the Northwest #'s...I guess they can do that when they own us...if we were on our own I would think we'de be up there at the top...outside of weather I've been early by a good 10 minutes on every trip at Mesaba except once, and thats because the captain was just off OE

Yeah our ontime performance sucks because of Delta and JFK. If they need our slots, then they'll ask us to cancel our flights, which we do without hesitation. We still get paid for them and inturn Delta gets better numbers. Delta loves us flying out of JFK,LGA, and BOS. They own us, control us and they don't have do deal with contracts and percentages.

Right... the next time I need to fly from JFK to Cleveland I'll buy a ticket on Hawaiian.

Comair always runs late.:D

Being the cheapest is just the beginning. Staying the cheapest is the hard part.

Remember the game Delta's regionals are playing... it's called the race to the bottom for a reason.

I'd thank you to remember that the 2-year Comair FO you're referring to is making whatever they hand out in the unemployment line in his state of residence.

Would much rather have more airplanes coming into Delta and the rest of the majors. No reason to celebrate getting more airplanes at a regional. Just means longer time working at a lower pay rate with less benifits. Nothing to be excited about :mad:

More airplanes at majors does not necessarily translate into more job opportunities for aspiring airline pilots. The hiring requirements at majors that demands 1000 hours multiengine turbine time (some prefer jet times) is what drives people to work at regionals for minimum wages. How else can we get our precious turbine time?

Ideally, it should have been set up like at Air Canada, Lufthansa, or Korean Airlines. Every pilot is on the same seniority list and you have the opportunity to bid for bigger aircraft when your seniority allows it. British Airways, Lufthansa and Korean Airlines all have ab initio programs where a student interested in becoming an airline pilot can go through their program from zero experience to a full fledged FO upon completion of their training. We've never had anything close to it in this country.