Return of the props
 

I thought that in this economy and with oil the way it was, that props would return to regionals. Continental asked us at RAH to fly 16 Q 4's. But after the Colgan crash, passengers are avoiding them. I know several people rebooking their trips to get off the regional planes! Interesting.

ANy comments?

They asked the pilots huh?

yeah they called me personally!

Don't worry, you will be in a mainline E170 for Delta, United, or US Airways soon.

Forget about that Q400.

i dont want them!

now that oil has come down to a resonable level rj's can make money again. the bigger problem is trying to fill a seat right now. Although if some one is going to be giving any company growth I would have taken it. It would have helped all our guys on the street if we would have gotten some Q's for CAL.

I think the Q would be great for us, oh well

Give it another month or two and the same passengers won't be able to identify a Dash 8. A simple drop in the air fare would speed along this amnesia.

Continental didn't ask RAH to fly 16 Q400s. They asked RAH if they wanted to BID on flying those airplanes. The same ones that were just awarded to Colgan. I believe Expressjet was offered a chance to bid on that flying as well. Neither company can do it cheaper than Colgan without operating at a loss. Therefore I believe neither even made an attempt.

The price hasn't come down much at all for airlines... Many of them are still hedged at $100+ for a barrel of oil on 70% or more of thier fuel.