Presumably they'll replace CRJs as they age out. Also "widebody" RJs are all the rage now since pax hate the narrow ones, so you could see even some newer 700/900s replaced with ERJ/MRJ. Despite the fact that narrow = less drag and less fuel burn.


MRJ are still on order as far as I know, as are a whole bunch of ERJ's. But that kind of order is not really firm...it gives the "purchaser" a place in line for production slots but they can probably cancel as needed with little or no penalty. SKW has nothing to lose by placing those orders...it will help them win new business, and if they don't win any new business they'll be bankrupt in a few years anyway as their current long-term contracts all expire.

 

10 days from interview to rejection email for me....

 

I've always thought you were a pretty level headed person until I read that... did you really just say that?

 

Sorry to hear this JetDoc.

I guess the moral of the story is news can happen quick, or take a while, and neither time frame really is a clue to the results.

Good luck in your search!

Finished my 33 year career as a 121 guy 2 years ago.
Worked for 3 biggies (Original Frontier, Continental, and UPS).
It took me 12 different Airline Interviews, before the first 121 gig (Original Frontier) happened.

I guess I didn't interview well, but I ultimately succeeded!
I also was a General Aviation guy trying hard when it seemed military folks were the chosen ones.
I did have over 2,000 hrs. in Lears, out of 3,800 total when hired at age 25.
Sometimes you just gotta keep on trying as I proved.

Now that the career is over, I can say, for me, it was a great deal, but one heck of a fight from time to time (the recycling in the business, some furloughs, reductions in staff, etc.).

Good luck to all of you folks.
Stick with it, and it will probably happen for you!


jabr800

 

Persistence is the key to a life long career in aviation.

 

MRJ is scheduled for its testing flights spring of next year.

 

I've been at SKW for just over 3 years on the CRJ. Here's the order of where I would sit in each CRJ domicile from being most senior to most junior. Depending on where you sit, the order might change slightly for some people. But it'll be about the same in general for everyone as long as we continue to hire.

MSP
ORD
IAH
COS
DEN
LAX
TUS*
PHX
SFO
FAT*
PSP*
SLC
PDX
SEA

*TUS, FAT, and PSP are very small domiciles. TUS has only 16 FO's for example so that probably skews my percentage. Pretty much, SEA is the only domicile I can't hold at all still. As a new hire, I'd say you can hold any of these CRJ bases within a year or less, except for PDX and SEA. They only just let a couple guys junior to me into PDX recently, but they have succumbed to a life of reserve. But if you live there, it's probably an easy thing!

 

From my understanding, MSP flights are short ones in a 200 and the IAH flights are longer ones in the 700. How do the CRJ flights out of ORD compare to MSP and IAH?

 

200 flights from ORD vary.... from SBN/MKE/SPI/MKG to RAP/YUL/YQR/MSY.

 

ORD has a good mix of trips overall but the 700/900 trips go pretty senior. I'm a 2.5 year ORD FO and have less than 100 hours in the 700 and 900 combined. If I do get a 700 trip awarded it's usually around min credit so I actually somewhat try to avoid them. ORD does have some really nice 200 trips that flow through DEN and IAH. There are a lot of short legs but that's not all you'll do even when you're junior.