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June 30th, 2009, 08:38
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| Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Grand Forks, ND
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Sent to me by a XJT FO with the comments "Too bad it didn't work." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMoPtjIHlts |
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June 30th, 2009, 09:19
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Houston
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| Re: Expressjet Branded Flying
I traveled on ExpressJet on many occasions with full fare tickets and was always happy with their service. I was very sorry to see them go.
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June 30th, 2009, 09:59
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middle Ten I See
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| Re: Expressjet Branded Flying
Yeah, I really wished it worked. Before I went to the airlines, this was one company I looked up to. Now I have to look down on how it turned out.
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June 30th, 2009, 13:22
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 1,908
| Re: Expressjet Branded Flying
They were really popular here in Spokane. Everyone of the passengers I've talked to said they wish it never went away.
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June 30th, 2009, 15:24
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Houston/ San Antonio
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what happened to ExpressJet? Did I miss something? |
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July 1st, 2009, 13:50
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spokane, WA
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| Re: Expressjet Branded Flying Quote:
 http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...pressjet_N.htm
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July 1st, 2009, 13:57
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| Junior Member  Join Date: May 2006 Location: BOS
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I was on the COEX side, but damn, that was a little painful to watch.  |
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July 1st, 2009, 16:20
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: _
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I have to say, of all the companies that could've pulled this off, Expressjet was it. Definitely a classy company. Everything I read was positive. Maybe if they had a slightly larger airframe, the 170/190, and some more $$, they could've made it stick.
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July 2nd, 2009, 20:33
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July 2nd, 2009, 20:42
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Herndon VA (outside of Washington DC home of Dulles International)
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THey are flying around in the Washington Dulles airport doing a short term contract for United Airlines. | |
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July 2nd, 2009, 22:48
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July 2nd, 2009, 23:52
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Herndon VA (outside of Washington DC home of Dulles International)
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that too....  (Although I was reffering to the branded logo not the Co Connection) Last edited by CrippleHawk; July 2nd, 2009 at 23:56. Reason: spelling | |
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July 3rd, 2009, 05:52
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Austin, TX, USA
Posts: 2,225
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It was a horrible, horrible idea, but damn did it work out great for me. No way it was ever going to work. I knew that when the first flight I worked had a pax count of "goose egg". It was also marketed horribly but nothing could change the fact that flying a 50 seater around with $100/barrel fuel isn't going to be profitable when southwest is targeting you for destruction (they did and it didn't take much effort to make it happen).
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July 3rd, 2009, 08:46
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: here and there
Posts: 544
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Unfortunately in this stupid industry, nice airlines finish last. There's no room for quality because everyone is focused on cut throating the competitor in prices. When will the downward spiral end? Everyone that I knew had nothing but positive things to say about xjet, it was sad to see them go. I bet a lot of the pilots were too since they did some nice flying out West.
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July 3rd, 2009, 13:20
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Herndon VA (outside of Washington DC home of Dulles International)
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It will end when this whole industry collapes. (What I have seen in the past year I will not be surprised if it happens) | |
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