Embraer 190 ... Alpa Buster!

[deltawatch]

"larger planes spread flight costs over more passengers. The smallest Boeing jet, the 717, and the Airbus 319, hold just slightly more passengers than the Embraer 190."

The 190 in nothing more than a union buster. 😱

Embraer story

 

[TBONEJ4J]

As is the E170. A Union Buster.

But I thought everbody understood that!

The E170 and E190 do not represent some breakthrough in technology, they purely are a means of leveraging senior larger jet pilots to create a D-Scale based on slightly less large equipment.

ALPA has been broken from within, through greed and arrogance. But rest assured that the most greedy and arrogant will be sailing around the Carribean on their yachts, happily enjoying a lucrative retirement, while those who remain in the industry 5 years from now and beyond will be lucky to make a living wage.

Thank Duane and the Boys!

 

[diogenes]

see dave's thoughts, back in 99. he's quoted about halfway thru the article




http://planebusiness.com/perspectives/p112599wilson.html

 

[deltawatch]

WOW IN HIS OWN WORDS. :down:


The Queen of Regional Aviation returns to Give us the Dish on Comair, Uncle Dave, Pilot Perturbers and More.

by Benét Wilson

Novermber 25, 1999--Sacramento, Ca.-- Of course, I asked Uncle Dave what he thought about this. Excuse me -- I'm having a moment here (placing black veil over my head).

Uncle Dave has left Continental Express to head the Budget Group (parent of Budget-Rent-A-Car) in Chicago. He was a smart man who always returned my calls, so I'm in mourning. He never even considered my feelings about this...sorry. I digress.

Calling the ERJ-140 a "scope-clause buster," Siegel noted that the aircraft was "clearly targeted at pilot scope clauses among the regional carriers, and (the ERJ-140) is a great aircraft to address that issue." He added that he wasn't sure if Express meeded an aircraft that precise. "It's clearly a great aircraft for airlines like American and Northwest with limits of 45 seats," he added. Northwest has an order of 54 Canadair Regional Jets, most of which will be flown by Airlink carrier Express Airlines I.
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