More airliner tidbits

[The Inspector]

EADS has delayed once again the roll out of the A-350 until at least the second half of 2014 in order to use the time to implement automatic drilling processes for the wings.

DELTA is shutting down regional carrier COMAIR by the end of September and disposing of all but 125 of it's expensive to operate 50 seat regional jets and eliminating 1000 jobs, the majority of the lost positions are in the Cincinatti/Northern Kentucky area. Service will be provided by new 76 seat jets and 117 seat Boeing 717's leased from SOUTHWEST.

[bdk]

As the world turns...

[Enemy Ace]

are the 76 pax airplanes and 717's going to be considered delta mainline? or another regional carrier?

[Randy Haskin]

are the 76 pax airplanes and 717's going to be considered delta mainline? or another regional carrier?

The 717s at least will be flown by mainline. The 76-seat jets are RJs of some sort and flown by one of the regionals.

[The Inspector]

are the 76 pax airplanes and 717's going to be considered delta mainline? or another regional carrier?

And, the first twelve words of paragraph two in my initial posting says..................................

[Enemy Ace]

doesn't delta still own ASA as a separate regional? or was it folded into Comair? If so would they be the operators of the smaller stuff? I can't keep track anymore since the planes don't have any regional markings anymore, they are all painted to look like the mainline now..
FWIW I could see flying a EMB170 -190 series and making a career out of it...

[Randy Haskin]

doesn't delta still own ASA as a separate regional? or was it folded into Comair? If so would they be the operators of the smaller stuff? I can't keep track anymore since the planes don't have any regional markings anymore, they are all painted to look like the mainline now..
FWIW I could see flying a EMB170 -190 series and making a career out of it...

ASA has been owned by SkyWest for a couple of years.

As for a career in the engine-under-wing Embraer jets, that all depends on who you fly for and what your standard of living is.

[Enemy Ace]

as far as standard of living, I think regional flying would be a good 2nd career for someone so long as they had money in the bank to get them through the first 3 or so years.
starting off broke and getting paid peanuts just doesn't work. I have talked to too many broke young 20-something regional guys, they would have been much better off by working a few years and making some money before going to the airlines right out of college.
but, there are many arguments for building seniority, flight time etc etc
what works for one may not work for another.

[JohnB]

I have talked to too many broke young 20-something regional guys, they would have been much better off by working a few years and making some money before going to the airlines right out of college.
but, there are many arguments for building seniority, flight time etc etc
what works for one may not work for another.

Last year I shared a otherwise empty shuttle bus with a capatin for a regional who flies Q-400s.
We gotto talking and when it was clear I knew about aviation, he opened up and was very candid. Not a happy guy.
Long hours, low pay, he looked beat and was generally demoralized.