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Daimler Chrysler has a 319 that flies from PTK (Pontiac, Michigan) to Frankfurt. It is a single class configuration but I don't know the number of seats (not many).

Incidentally, :down: Chatauqua is adding the CRJ200 to their certificate...

:angry: Get your facts straight. The proposal is going out for a vote. It won't pass. We have had a history of the MEC voting in major changes in our contract in the past and we now have member ratification. Relax and check your facts.

:up: This from Airbus CEO on the A350 prior to being fired and the company announcing a new $10 Billion initiative to redesign the superior airplane: Humbert: No, we are completely on schedule with this model. But we do have a tense time behind us. At first, we thought a longer version of the...

Ferry tanks...

Didn't Dave say no more props? Additionally, I think there was reluctance to continue to operate an orphaned aircraft. My understanding was Horizon was never happy with the dispatch rate. They were I believe the launch customer for a new very automated aircraft and had many problems. Without...

FAR 121.195 (excerpted) (B) Except as provided in paragraph ©, (d), or (e) of this section, no person operating a turbine engine powered airplane may take off that airplane unless its weight on arrival, allowing for normal consumption of fuel and oil in flight (in accordance with the...

That is of course ridiculous. The thrust was clearly out of line but getting the 700 to turn out on 1 engine is very difficult and only exasperated by turning into the operating engine. (Which is the case from E3) No excuses however for what you describe.

I thought it was going to be all GE.

Because it's a lead sled. Very few if any commercial airliners have the power and climb capability of the 757. Only the Dornier Jet comes to mind and it is slow in cruise.

This from Airbus CEO on the A350: Humbert: No, we are completely on schedule with this model. But we do have a tense time behind us. At first, we thought a longer version of the A 330 would be sufficient. Now 90 percent of its parts are new, and it consists of completely new materials and new...

Couldn't be because we are always waiting around for someone to find the wands or the gate when we're trying to park....

The website is still selling DTW PIT in January... Is Mesa or CHQ going to pick them up?