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Old 05-18-2015, 06:15 PM
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Sorry guys, one more: Blue Streak for PSA and Flag Ship for Endeavour, where did these come from? PSA used to be orange not blue, and Flag Ship used to be an American Eagle operation. Thx
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Originally Posted by XSive
Mercury is toxic to humans, shuttle America (and all of rah) is toxic to the regional industry.... Coincidence??? I think not.
Precisely what I think when I hear the call sign. Toxic element.
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Sorry guys, one more: Blue Streak for PSA and Flag Ship for Endeavour, where did these come from? PSA used to be orange not blue, and Flag Ship used to be an American Eagle operation. Thx
Blue streak came from the old paint scheme of Jetstream International Airlines which had a blue streak across the fuselage.

I like the Acey Candler and then back to Acey call sign swap for ASA. A tribute to a guy who gave most of the southeast population diabetes.

Not sure about flagship although it sounds way more fancy than any other regional.
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Old 05-18-2015, 08:32 PM
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Blue streak came from the old paint scheme of Jetstream International Airlines which had a blue streak across the fuselage.

I like the Acey Candler and then back to Acey call sign swap for ASA. A tribute to a guy who gave most of the southeast population diabetes.

Not sure about flagship although it sounds way more fancy than any other regional.
Blue streak should change to brown streak... Those guys are just flying around in over serviced **** boxed lavatories, stinking up the airspace and everything that travels through it!!!
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Old 05-18-2015, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by AngryCrew
Blue streak should change to brown streak... Those guys are just flying around in over serviced **** boxed lavatories, stinking up the airspace and everything that travels through it!!!
Very original, the brownstreak joke has only been said a couple million times prior to your post. The emojis really add some emotional clarity so thanks for that addition.
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Old 05-19-2015, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by XSive
Mercury is toxic to humans, shuttle America (and all of rah) is toxic to the regional industry.... Coincidence??? I think not.
Cute. Is that because rah voted down a ta that would've hurt the industry? Let me guess, you work for PSA. I'd call a yes voting group of backstabbers more toxic than anything. Tool.
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Old 05-19-2015, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by aa73
Sorry guys, one more: Blue Streak for PSA and Flag Ship for Endeavour, where did these come from? PSA used to be orange not blue, and Flag Ship used to be an American Eagle operation. Thx
I believe Flagship came from back in the day when they were Express I which merged with Express II which became Pinnacle which bought Colgan than Mesaba which merged into Endeavor after being bought by Delta in Chapter 11. They were the first regional for the original Republic Airlines (1979-1986 which was purchased by Northwest which was purchased by Delta). Not sure how exactly they arrived at Flagship though, there are still some guys on the list from that time that might be able to tell you.
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Old 05-19-2015, 06:39 AM
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Thanks guys. Some pretty funny comments there!
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Old 05-19-2015, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by flyingreasemnky
I believe Flagship came from back in the day when they were Express I which merged with Express II which became Pinnacle which bought Colgan than Mesaba which merged into Endeavor after being bought by Delta in Chapter 11. They were the first regional for the original Republic Airlines (1979-1986 which was purchased by Northwest which was purchased by Delta). Not sure how exactly they arrived at Flagship though, there are still some guys on the list from that time that might be able to tell you.
I was on the Express 1 list back in the day. I remember when we switched to the "flagship" callsign. Many of us started saying "sinkingship" instead over the radio. ha. It was the dark days of '92 or '93. Some sort of restructuring. Brian Bedford was the boy genius cfo who moved us all to outstations...no layovers. Brilliant! Reserves would fly out of Memphis early in the morn on boss man Mike Brady's citation to cover sick calls in places like Monroe or Meridian. ha! what a goat rope. The Pinnacle name happened in the early 2000s after Northwest had acquired Express 1, long after I blew that joint.

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