Consolidated Horizon E175 Discussion Thread
Oct 17, 2016, 5:14 pm
#16
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Oct 17, 2016, 6:13 pm
#18
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I suspect you'll see new routes once they take delivery of more planes but I think the first routes are going to be to move some of the longer flights from the Q400 to the E75, which everyone here has been really anxious for. Still, I see new routes being offered on the E jet within a year or so.
Oct 17, 2016, 6:31 pm
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That would make sense to place those QX crews into existing E175 routes to get up to speed. Replacing Q400 routes would be more than just crew retraining-- boarding/carry on differences, possibly different gates, pax education, etc.
aside from having a F cabin 
Oct 17, 2016, 6:39 pm
#20
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I would assume the block time takes into account airport size, congestion, and airspace congestion. I bet there's less time holding and taxiing in AUS compared to DFW.
Oct 17, 2016, 10:20 pm
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The flight typically arrives at DFW before 5:30 am. There are no congestion, holding or taxiing delays at that hour. In fact, the flight lands on the east side of the airport. All other AS flights arrive on west side runways, which are much farther from the AS gates. Also, it usually lands to the south, so the landing roll is in the direction of the gates.
Nov 7, 2016, 10:53 am
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The good news about that LONG E75 route is that it's typically an easy upgrade if you're an AS elite (partly because it leaves around midnight).
Nov 7, 2016, 11:15 am
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Edit: Mainline is returning to BOI next summer...SEA-BOI on a 738. That's new, isn't it?
Last edited by Chugach; Nov 7, 2016 at 11:32 am
Nov 7, 2016, 5:00 pm
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Nov 8, 2016, 3:06 pm
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Nov 8, 2016, 3:47 pm
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Sounds like a classic heard it from a full that heard it from some lady gossip. I doubt they find out more than a week before we do what a/c is being deployed to where and when. Maybe I am wrong. Eventually all the old q400s will obviously go away. There are 8 or 10 approaching 20 years old. As likes to keep a newer fleet ^
Last edited by ANC; Nov 8, 2016 at 3:53 pm
Nov 8, 2016, 3:57 pm
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Sounds like a classic heard it from a full that heard it from some lady gossip. I doubt they find out more than a week before we do what a/c is being deployed to where and when. Maybe I am wrong. Eventually all the old q400s will obviously go away. There are 8 or 10 approaching 20 years old. As likes to keep a newer fleet ^