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Old 05-21-2017, 09:42 AM
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Old 05-21-2017, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by aviator1308 View Post
Heard we'll be getting 30 new erjs and 70 crj 900s


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Old 05-21-2017, 01:38 PM
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I also heard the 900 rumor.
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Old 05-21-2017, 02:01 PM
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I believe that American has room in their scope for more 65 seaters, and the rumor revolves around CRJ 900s with lots of first class... oh, and a DFW base!


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Old 05-21-2017, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by hawk21 View Post
I also heard the 900 rumor.
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Heard it today
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Old 05-21-2017, 06:45 PM
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There is easily room for over 200 new planes for the big guys when you look at the number leaving the system.

I know that outside of Skywest there is talk of Skywest going into DFW in a big way. I imagine that would be American? Then there is MSP and DFW where Delta wants lots more Skywest service for their reliability. The boys from St Louis are not up to par I guess. Might Delta be going in with the 900s? How many 900s can Delta fly and how many do they have?

Everyone is talking of the new ERJs going to MSP for Delta but United in ORD would be a better bet. United somewhere anyway. They hate the 700s and want lots more ERJs.

Skywest is the only regional with financing in place to do any big deals. The question is, who is going to fly the planes? They need to bump their pay scale up to keep their numbers growing. They are filling their classes with FOs and their upgrade time is 9 months in DTW because the others don't have the 1000 121 time. What they need to hire is Captains.
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Old 05-22-2017, 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Bombardier Stev View Post
There is easily room for over 200 new planes for the big guys when you look at the number leaving the system.

I know that outside of Skywest there is talk of Skywest going into DFW in a big way. I imagine that would be American? Then there is MSP and DFW where Delta wants lots more Skywest service for their reliability. The boys from St Louis are not up to par I guess. Might Delta be going in with the 900s? How many 900s can Delta fly and how many do they have?

Everyone is talking of the new ERJs going to MSP for Delta but United in ORD would be a better bet. United somewhere anyway. They hate the 700s and want lots more ERJs.

Skywest is the only regional with financing in place to do any big deals. The question is, who is going to fly the planes? They need to bump their pay scale up to keep their numbers growing. They are filling their classes with FOs and their upgrade time is 9 months in DTW because the others don't have the 1000 121 time. What they need to hire is Captains.
Skywest isn't having any issues filling classes, till they do pay won't go anywhere.
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Old 05-22-2017, 07:26 AM
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175 is coming to MSP real soon. Obviously Delta. Heard it from maintenance, which I have found to be the most credible source. They are expanding the maintenance team and are all getting sent to school for 175 training. It will be interesting to see how jr it goes.
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Old 05-22-2017, 07:28 AM
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New FO with a few reserve questions if someone has time to answer.

I'm trying to figure out when a person sitting reserve is most vulnerable to getting called vs not.

I am about to start 6 days straight of reserve. On day 1 there are 2 of us with 6 days of availability. But since 4 day pairings seem to be the max in the ERJ, can I assume that everyone with 4 and 5 days available are also in my "bucket"?. If so, are they likely to call the 4 day people first, then the 5 day guy before they burn a guy with 6 days left?

So are you most vulnerable when you have 2-4 days available on reserve?

I'm not trying to break any rules here and I certainly want to do my "time" but seriously there are like 50 FO's at any given moment sitting reserve in ORD on the ERJ right now. Seems abhorrent to pull people away from their families so they can just sit there with their thumbs stuck where the sun don't shine with no chance of ever flying. Buddies from my class have been there 3 weeks already and haven't flown once. If I'd known I would have just stayed in the Air Force, where sitting around wasting life is the MO. At least I would have been making 3x more money for getting my thumb dirty.
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1, you should've picked crj. 2, read the ppm, it addresses your question.

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