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Old 10-07-2009 | 05:22 AM
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Just as the title suggests....what will happen to them when all this hoopla at Republic is complete??? Any guesses??? facts??? informed opinions???
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Old 10-07-2009 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyboy8784
Just as the title suggests....what will happen to them when all this hoopla at Republic is complete??? Any guesses??? facts??? informed opinions???
My guess is that RAH is presently shopping around the Q400s to other airlines for future flying. I can see them flying for US Airways out of PHL or DCA someday. It may sound far fetched, but in this biz, nobody knows.
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Old 10-07-2009 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyboy8784
Just as the title suggests....what will happen to them when all this hoopla at Republic is complete??? Any guesses??? facts??? informed opinions???
BB said in a town hall meeting a few months ago that IF we keep the Q400s around they will go on the CHQ certificate and the lynx certificate will go away, just like the YX certificate.

Guess: more Q400s, probably for CAL
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Old 10-07-2009 | 06:49 AM
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Just curious... would you fire all the Lynx pilots or would you integrate them into your master seniority list?
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Old 10-07-2009 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by CANAM
My guess is that RAH is presently shopping around the Q400s to other airlines for future flying. I can see them flying for US Airways out of PHL or DCA someday. It may sound far fetched, but in this biz, nobody knows.
Unable USairways... the number of large regional jets (including your Q400 based on seats) would just add to the number that are already in violation of their contract.... I would only assume the CAL would make more sense and screw the XJET guys even farther... However maybe you all would get a pay rate that would be better then those of Colgan and help raise the bar there...
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Old 10-07-2009 | 07:07 AM
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I doubt any mainline airline would pay republic to fly Q400's for them, directly contributing to a competitor, when Colgan can do it too and probably for the same or lower cost.
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Old 10-07-2009 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by king10pin02
Guess: more Q400s, probably for CAL

Obviously you are not up to spped with things since CAL is not renewing the CHQ contract. 2012 CHQ is done with CAL.
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Old 10-07-2009 | 07:34 AM
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If I had to take a guess, it's that the Qs are going away. We were getting A/C #12 in Jan '10 and had a couple of options remaining and all that was cancelled a few weeks ago. BB said he would either grow the fleet or get rid of it. They say they are doing a fleet analysis right now and thats why they cancelled all the remaining Qs, but it kinda looks like the writing may be on the wall for the Q. I'm guessing the Qs get phased out, we get a semi-crappy integration or it goes to arbitration and when all is said and done we can bid whatever A/C and base our new seniority can hold. I'm hoping this won't happen as it's not what myself and pretty much everyone else here signed on for. My .02.
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Old 10-07-2009 | 07:46 AM
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If Bedford gave up Frontier's highly profitable ski markets like Aspen, which the Q excels in and I'm not sure the E-Jet would handle very well (if at all)...he'd be a damn fool.
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Old 10-07-2009 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by tr disagree
Obviously you are not up to spped with things since CAL is not renewing the CHQ contract. 2012 CHQ is done with CAL.
Has this been formally announced? Three years out is a long time when talking about regional contracts.
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