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Republic orders 100 E175s

Old 07-17-2018, 06:44 AM
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Old 07-17-2018, 07:06 AM
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Is this growth? Or replacement of older airframes?
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Old 07-17-2018, 07:09 AM
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Trainers for the fight school?

So, is the MCI base closing next quarter? (Same rumor for the last 12 quarters)
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Old 07-17-2018, 07:56 AM
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mix of growth and possibly mix or replacement, maybe. No one outside of management has any idea, nothing has filtered, pilot group didn't even know this was happening.
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Trainers for the fight school?

So, is the MCI base closing next quarter? (Same rumor for the last 12 quarters)
God I hope not.
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Old 07-17-2018, 08:39 AM
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Replacing E170s that are on average 14-15 years old ? In the airline world those frames still have years of useful life left on them. Why would they need to replace them.
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Replacing E170s that are on average 14-15 years old ? In the airline world those frames still have years of useful life left on them. Why would they need to replace them.
Maybe high cycles from doing regional flights.
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Old 07-17-2018, 09:20 AM
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LGA to IAH, IAH to YUL, MSP-MIA..... those are pretty regional routes....

Meanwhile airwisconsins 20 + year old 200s are flying 30 minute legs to random outstations. These planes have the exact same engines as the 20+ year old 700/900s skywest and every other regional is operating .
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Because they're worth money. Sell them for a fair amount of cash and replace with new hulls, which have all the necessary processing power for future Epic updates unlike all of our 170 fleet. Lots of buyers in other countries for our lightly used stuff that don't are about the updates or other long term support that we might want.
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Guys gunna get printers this time?
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