Return of the props
02-27-2009, 09:21 AM
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Return of the props
I thought that in this economy and with oil the way it was, that props would return to regionals. Continental asked us at RAH to fly 16 Q 4's. But after the Colgan crash, passengers are avoiding them. I know several people rebooking their trips to get off the regional planes! Interesting.
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02-27-2009, 09:41 AM
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now that oil has come down to a resonable level rj's can make money again. the bigger problem is trying to fill a seat right now. Although if some one is going to be giving any company growth I would have taken it. It would have helped all our guys on the street if we would have gotten some Q's for CAL.
02-27-2009, 10:02 AM
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I thought that in this economy and with oil the way it was, that props would return to regionals. Continental asked us at RAH to fly 16 Q 4's. But after the Colgan crash, passengers are avoiding them. I know several people rebooking their trips to get off the regional planes! Interesting.
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02-27-2009, 10:20 AM
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Continental didn't ask RAH to fly 16 Q400s. They asked RAH if they wanted to BID on flying those airplanes. The same ones that were just awarded to Colgan. I believe Expressjet was offered a chance to bid on that flying as well. Neither company can do it cheaper than Colgan without operating at a loss. Therefore I believe neither even made an attempt.
02-27-2009, 10:31 AM
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now that oil has come down to a resonable level rj's can make money again. the bigger problem is trying to fill a seat right now. Although if some one is going to be giving any company growth I would have taken it. It would have helped all our guys on the street if we would have gotten some Q's for CAL.
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