PDT/Mesa -> US Airways DHC-8 Fleet Changes
01-30-2009 | 12:26 PM
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I flew the -100 out of FLG in the winter with snow on the ground, 22 people and we were only getting 500 ft/min at 150kts. Don't get your hopes up that you will move into the PHX system, the -100 and -300 would never work out here. We tried it and canned it after only a few months. If Mesa does loose the Dash flying it will simply disappear as all the routes can and do get served by the CRJ. Unlike the east coast where smaller cities are close and abound the west coast (not including CA) is spread out. We are having to fly 2+ hours in the Dash just to find cities to serve.
So did your "Dash" happen to say "Piper" on the tail?. We fly full -100's everyday out of LGA and get triple (or more) that climb rate.
....not that 1500 fpm is spectacular
01-30-2009 | 12:42 PM
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That might have something to do with the "piper" performance.
01-30-2009 | 01:05 PM
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01-30-2009 | 05:23 PM
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I really wouldnt put any reasonable amount of assurance on those fleet speculations. They are required and if you look back to CAL's 3rd quarter statement they said 15 Q400's was all they had planned for till 2012 and now three months later they will have 30 by 2012. It is a constantly changing environment and the company can use that to change whatever it wrote in a previous quarterly statement.
A similar type of fleet reduction WILL be occuring at US Airways Mainline. In the closing months of 2008, US Airways stated that they would be taking delivery of 25 aircraft, and removing 29 aircraft from the fleet in 2009, a net loss of 4 aircraft. As such, the current 8-K SEC filing now shows the total mainline fleet going from 354 aircraft to 350 aircraft by the end of 2009, again a net loss of 4 aircraft. US Airways Group has never met a fleet reduction it didn't like.
In the case of these fleet numbers for both Mainline and Express, about the only thing likely to change the outcome would be a court ruling or arbitrators decision as a result of several upcoming grievances.
01-30-2009 | 05:42 PM
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Correction
Right you are! Thanks for the correction, I missed that the footnote in the SEC 8-K included Trans States AND Colgan.
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