Captjhan

Trust me, it's NEVER true...

DashGirl

Yeah that rumor about SYR closing sure turned out to be BS didn't it...

bigscrillywilli

All bases will be closing shortly....just a matter of time. Pan Pan

DashGirl

And coming soon to a US Airways gate near you: Colgan Q400's in Airways liveries...you heard it here first!

skyhawk123

Followed by CRJ 900's at Dayton ...OOHHH!!

DashGirl

And the hits just keep on comin!

meyers9163

I thought the Q400 would go against the large RJ's clause??? Thus why PDT would not be able to get them until an RAH/Mesa etc lost some 70 plus seat flying?

DASH8AV8R

QUOTE, I thought the Q400 would go against the large RJ's clause??? Thus why PDT would not be able to get them until an RAH/Mesa etc lost some 70 plus seat flying?

The Q400 is not a Large Small Jet!! The Q400 has it's own scope due to LOA 83 or 81! Pretty silly when you think about it. But ML keeps saying that the Q''s are too expensive and that they are a growth A/C. Last time i checked PDT was shrinking

DashGirl

To the best of my knowledge, neither RAH or MAG does any 70 seat flying for Airways. MAG now has only the 900's in Airways colors and RAH has 50 seat ERJ's and the 75 seat jungle jets. But that's neither here nor there as I've never been one to by into the illusion of scope. It seems it always manages to get "relieved" when mgt really needs it to be. And PDT was never, and will never get Q400's. That was always nothing more than a whipsaw carrot.

PDT's Dash-8's only current value to the US Airways system are as "slot holders." If...and it's a big if, and when LCC becomes a profitable economically stabilized airline, PDT will be history. We are a thorn in the side of mainline mgt. We have a very senior and (comparably to other regionals) high dollar pilot group and are unsellable, as we own no routes/slots, and our few owned assets are completely obsolete with exponentially increasing maintenance needs and that even goes for the GSE on top of the aircraft. There is only one airport in the US Airways East system that is serviceable only by TP's and that may not be long in the tooth either. My gut tells me the locals are gonna loose the runway extension fight at HXD.

In my opinion...There are only two possibilities for PDT to survive beyond the life of the 300 leases:

• Airways does not stabilize financially enough to replace the TP lift with jet lift, contract or otherwise.

• MAG folds and PSA wins the RFP for the 900 flying.

In either case, it is clear there will be an eventual consolidation of all the certificates under Am/West Holdings. Parker made that clear in the last crew news. And that may be the only positive thing we have to look forward too at PDT. That's if the LCC itself doesn't get it's arse handed to it in lieu of the mega mergers.

meyers9163

I could swear Airways scope treats large RJ's the same regardless of jet or TP.... Also the 70 seat is in reference to anything 70 or greater... Being PSA (14), Mesa (36), and RAH (too many)!!!!!!