Bombardier sells 24 CRJ900 aircraft

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01-01-2015 | 07:37 AM

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CAPTAINPCL

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Originally Posted by pa28dakota

Anyone know how many 50 seaters are even left in the DAL system. 9E has parked a bunch of theirs and soon the CHQ (now Shuttle America) 145s are going to get parked. Now sure how many, if any, SKW and ASA have parked. How many does that leave?

As of last week, Endeavor had 74 CRJ200s left, by the end of January it will be down to 50.

01-01-2015 | 08:16 AM

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And we'd see a LOT more Q-400s flying around if it was all about fuel burn. I think Delta got a killer deal it couldn't refuse from Bombardier to buy all of those 900s. The Embraer is more expensive but there's a reason why. Pilots and passengers both say it's a better plane than the CRJ product.

And no one cares or makes their ticketing decision based on that. In the vast majority of cases even if they wanted to it would be too hard to figure out. Often the regional and the plane operating a given flight changes with the day of the week or time of the day. Its silly to think all these pax are doing the legwork and trying to book "E Jets" over the CRJ-900 lol

Yeah yeah, I know, "my neighbor is a power medallion busy businessman busy with business and he always books the E Jet product, blah blah blah" but honestly, does anyone really think more than half of one percent of pax actively tries to book one over the other? And even the percentage that does, how many actually change airlines to chase the glorious "E Jet" lol

01-01-2015 | 08:47 AM

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As of last week, Endeavor had 74 CRJ200s left, by the end of January it will be down to 50.

I knew we can't staff our 50 seat product but wow I didn't expect 24 frames in 5 weeks. Sometimes I wish I was a fly on the wall of the 7th floor of C Tower to see the big picture. If DAL is parking 50s that fast system wide they certainly could add more 900s to the fold if they chose to.

01-01-2015 | 09:02 AM

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As of last week, Endeavor had 74 CRJ200s left, by the end of January it will be down to 50.

I think there was a memo or update out several months ago saying we only had 60 something left. So, fast-forward a few months we should be in the 50s or less already.

sitting around 1300 active pilots...
81 900s is 850-900 for current staffing
leaves 3-400 or so to staff the 200s.

Supposed to have all the 900s on property this month.

01-01-2015 | 09:39 AM

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Guys relax, no need to be bouncing off the walls. My guess is Endeavor or overseas.

01-01-2015 | 09:46 AM

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ELOHEL, Imma laugh when these things end up in Egypt.

01-01-2015 | 10:29 AM

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I agree the percentage that go out of there way is very small. The disdain is apparent however, just not enough to change enough peoples minds. Just a week ago I had an older gentleman and his wife get up from the back of the airplane and nearly knock the flight attendant over as she was about to close the door. He apparently didn't know the aircraft was that "small" and became claustrophobic and had a violent anxiety attack and needed off immediately. They decided to drive instead. (ATL-AVL)

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01-01-2015 | 11:09 AM

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Maybe not between flights at the same company, however, when selecting an airline, it plays a bigger role than you think. That's why Delta is sending the E175 to SEA to compete against Alaska.

01-01-2015 | 11:17 AM

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you mean dougie did not get them for mesa or psa, i cant believe that.

01-01-2015 | 11:17 AM

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The more salient point is that US carriers just don't do the undisclosed order thing. They'll announce the mainline carrier and let the regionals squabble over it at the least.

Thinking that these have any reasonable chance of going to a US carrier is setting yourself up for disappointment.