Congratulations Big Cheese!

It seems like many of the guys that I like the best are going to Express Jet, which flies exclusively under Continental Express. My friend Rex was just hired by Express Jet. He has an early November class date and will be leaving for Houston next Wednesday. Rex is one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. He will by flying the Embraer 135, 145 & 145XR. Good luck and enjoy, Rex (Big Cheese).

Word is that Embraer will be shutting down 145 production and trying to move 145 customers into 170's at the same cost as the 145. There seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding the Embraer 170 series aircraft, due to the increased size and pay scales, not to mention the increased cost for maintenance and parts of adding another type to the fleet. The Embraer 195, a stretched version of the 170, can have up to 118 seats. That puts it smack dab in Airbus A318 and Boeing 737-600 territory. I'm sure a lot of senior pilots at the major airlines don't like it at all. I can certainly understand their feelings.