one would think these MDA guys should be the ones helping to get the E190 set up, considering all the hiccups.
The MDA guys got it figured out and taken care of...
I remember our first MDA cancellation (engines would not shut off, I kid you not!) -- and I remember the call from OCC --
OCC - "Hi XXXX, we're sending down a team of engineers to figure out what happened to your plane..... "
Me - "what about mechanics?"
OCC - "well, there's probably nothing mechanically wrong with the plane.. its a flying computer and it sounds like a bug"
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Sure enough, they came down with laptops and got it fixed a day later!
Our MDA cancellation resulted in the first *passenger* nonstop flight to Charlotte, courtesy of PSA, as well as a CRJ 700 to Sarasota tag to Charlotte, as well as the ONLY nonstop service *ever* to Pittsburgh (ok, it was a ferry, but stil..)
Repungent only gave us more headaches, a Chautauqua trainer came down to train us on the ERJ 135, only to be told everytime we needed a spare - Oh, all we have are DCI planes, the white one is in XXX... OCC finally stepped in and gave us another PSA nonstop to Orlando & Charlotte -- hard to put 210 people on 2 50 seaters restricted to 45 and 27 -- but it sure was a lot more than Republic did to help out my old station.
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ok, done. sorry 😛
btw, is Capt Armas back on the line?