Anyone know who they are? Just booked a flight on AA and it says that part of the flights are operated by "Executive Airlines". I didn't see them on the list of regionals here so I wondered are they new or just not listed. Also makes me wonder if there are other airlines not listed.

 

Dude thats eagle. Executive airlines is part of AMR as of now haha. If youre hired by eagle and you fly the ATR you fly under the executive certificate. So seems youre gonna be flying on the best airplane we own , the ATR.

 

Yes it is the ATR. Flying into FSM. It is always funny to watch people's faces when they need them to move from the front of the plane to the back for W&B.

 

It's Top Gun for eagle pilots. The best of the best. You two characters are going to Execuitive.

 

Haha best post Ive seen in awhile..

 

Don't you guys teach your FAs where to seat people on partial loads??

 

Pretty standard on a small turboprop. We do w/b on a phone app and the flight attendant moves people as necessary.

 

I don't fly for them. I was just asking who they were. I am traveling to FSM for work and saw Ececutive on my ticket.

And yes maybe standard on a small turboprop but for the non-pilot public, they always get an odd look on their face when asked to move a few seats one way or another for W&B.

 

Procedure is like this:

Passengers are assigned seats on their tickets so that atr is within w/b limitations. We get an electronic w/b closeout over ACARS that lists how many people should be sitting in each section. Separately, the FA's do a headcount themselves and call us with the totals of each section. I then compare the FA's numbers to the electronic w/b and make sure everything is kosher.

Problems normally arise when people don't sit in their assigned seats, etc. Also, it would not be easy or feasible to teach FAs where to sit people on partial loads. We have four different baggage compartments (five if you count C4A and C4B as two) and they are at the extreme ends of the aircraft. How would the FA's know where the bags were/how full they were so that they could seat the passengers accordingly? Furthermore, this would be a cluster F with 50+ people on board....anyway you get the idea. Not always as simple as it seems.