Continental dropping Chautauqua?
 

Has anyone heard this rumor, that Continental is dropping Chautauqua or at least a good portion of there flying?

When the Leases expire for the train wreck operation of the CRJ's(airplane specific train-wreck, not due to the pilots) they will send em to the desert and not replace the flying

I really enjoyed my time in the IAH Weight Loss Program.

(July in IAH with a broken APU)

NO KIDDING! I remember helping my sister fly one of her babies back to CMH on them and I was very concerned with their health in that heat.

To the original poster I spoke with Larry and he said he likes CHQ a lot. Our recent numbers have put CHQ ahead of other regionals performance wise and that's with the CRJs.

In all fairness TD, it's a little easier to have better #'s when you don't have to fly out of Sewark.;) That being said, I'm pretty sure CHQ's #s are good. The few times I've ridden on them they've done well.

Very true but I can't imagine the pairings not being made with those delays built in. I fly in and out of there all the time for AMR and very rarely overblock.

edit: not worth it

Well, when I left at the end of 07 they were just starting to overblock a lot of the flights. Not all of them were overblocked though, and often a 3 hour groundstop blew the block time/DOT On-Time right out of the water anyway.

Keep in mind it's a lot easier for AA conn to squeak in there, while many XE RJs are stuck at outstations even after groundstops are lifted. The cap on arrivals often forces CAL to squeeze in International arrivals and larger aircraft arrivals over the RJs. Why misconnect 150 when you can just misconnect 50? Especially if they are International Connections. So the XE RJ EDCs just keep getting pushed back more and more. They don't restrict AA conn as much, because there are a lot less of you to fit in.;)

So you're saying your pairings aren't built with any of that in mind?

Yeah, no kidding. The ops at EWR cost XE their numbers month after month. I once had a day where we timed out before even getting off the ground for flight 1 of 4 that day...