![]() ![]() N801AE (msn 145469) is a 21.2-year-old jet formerly in service with Envoy Air on behalf of American Airlines. US's Contour Aviation takes first E140 - 18:01 UTCĬontour Aviation (LF, Smyrna) has taken delivery of its first E140, deploying it into revenue service starting on November 1, 2022. Responding in a separate letter to Buttigieg on April 27, SkyWest President and CEO Russel "Chip" Childs rejected ALPA's. "The airline seeks to shift its flying under Part 121's safety regulations to its own surrogate that will operate the same aircraft but under public charter rules and Part 135's safety regulations, with fewer seats and less experienced and qualified first officers." It accused SkyWest of attempting to "roll back the clock and skirt aviation safety rules that have led to a 99.8% reduction in airline passenger fatalities in the United States". In the April 26 letter, the world's largest pilot union described SWC as an attempt by SkyWest to substitute Essential Air Service (EAS) flying with an "alter-ego charter subsidiary operating essentially as a scheduled operation, but at a lesser level of safety". SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) has dismissed as "baseless, inaccurate, and misleading" concerns about its Part 135 charter subsidiary SkyWest Charter (SWC) expressed by the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) in a letter to US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. US's SkyWest responds to ALPA over charter concerns - 19:19 UTC Get your own ch-aviation PRO account today.
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