EMB 145 Weight Limited?

ross9238

ross9238

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Are the EMB 145's weight limited with a full boat and a jumpseater for a short hop? Reason that I'm asking is because I'll be shifting over to Washington Dulles and will be commuting from Illy Philly. I believe TSA operates the PHL-IAD for Dulles and uses the EMB 145's. The load factor for any given day on these aircraft seem to be high so I was just wondering if it is possible for me to jumpseat with a full boat on such a short hop. Trying to avoid the 3 hour drive that's all. Thanks again for your help.

Ross
 
I'd second the 3 hour drive. Usually we can do 50+jump with an LR (the newer airplanes) if the weather is good...but if they stick one of the older airplanes on it and the wx goes to pot, we can't even take 50.... try DCA. It's about 1.5 hrs to get from DCA to IAD via Metro + bus.
 
I would drive as well. Short commutes on RJs are usually a lot harder than XC commutes. We have a bunch of CVG based pilots here at Comair that live in IND, LEX, SDF, EVV, FWA, etc. that all drive to work, because the CHQ EMBs are usually full and/or can't take a jumpseater.
 
Bill drives IND-CVG... by the time he would get from our house (in the NE suburbs) all the way to the IND airport (a 45 minute drive) get into the employee lot, into the terminal, check in, get through security, get to the gate, hope to get on an RJ to CVG, then the flight time to CVG it's less time to get in his car and drive the 2 hour drive from our driveway to the CVG employee parking lot.

I used to spend a lot of my time off at my parents' farm in WI while I was ORD based. I did not fly into DBQ or MSN, I just got in my car & drove the 3 hours.

My car never canceled, my car was never oversold, I could take as many jumpseaters as could fit in the car with me (and I often gave rides to MSN commuters who couldn't get on an Eagle flight home), it was never weight restricted and it rarely had a mechanical. :) Thunderstorms, wind, delayed inbounds, ground stops, etc had no effect on my commuting! Nothing other than a very rare full-on blizzard ever kept me from getting between the farm and ORD.
 
Same agreed with everyone else above.

There has been a handful of times where myself and some of other commuting friends have tried to fly from NC airport to NY and there are times the ERJ's get restricted. We have learned to really not put a whole lot of faith in them.
 
If you want, PM me the day before you want to go. I can take a look at the loads and the specific airplane that's going to be on the route and try to give you some better guidance.
 
Traffic around the beltway can be a nightmare. Be sure to consider that when you drive to IAD. Also, the tolls will add up. I flew with a captain a while back from Philly--he was former ACA and did that commute.
 
JumpWake said:
If you want, PM me the day before you want to go. I can take a look at the loads and the specific airplane that's going to be on the route and try to give you some better guidance.
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Thanks dude I appreciate it. I was looking into the United skynet I believe and every day of the week its showing a load factor of 48 or so on all 4 flights. I'm hoping that I'm reading it wrong because I find it hard to believe such loads on the weekend as well.
 
Van_Hoolio said:
Also, the tolls will add up. I flew with a captain a while back from Philly--he was former ACA and did that commute.
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That's what I've heard and add to it the traffic :). There's a captain that lives about 10 minutes from me maybe an option might be car pooling with him but that would all depend on each other's schedule :).
 
ross9238 said:
Thanks dude I appreciate it. I was looking into the United skynet I believe and every day of the week its showing a load factor of 48 or so on all 4 flights. I'm hoping that I'm reading it wrong because I find it hard to believe such loads on the weekend as well.
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Dont believe Skynet at all. I dont know how United makes that system work, but it doesnt tell you the whole truth. Ill check on skynet and see a flight oversold by 20, then walk over to a gate agent and ask about the same flight and they show it having 20 seats available.
 
The 145 has hosed a lot of my commutes. It's ZFW limited when full, so you've got to be hoping for kids if you're going to have to be up front. That seems to be the limiting factor as opposed to the CRJ-200 which is a landing weight restricted aircraft.



My parents live 5 hours away from ATL in TLH... I always drive rather than deal with ASA.

By the time I get to the airport, miss 2 or 3 flights and finally get there, I could have taking all my crap and the dog with me...
 
*******XJT ERJs....NO WEIGHT PROBLEMS.....2X JUMPSEATS************

Yes that's right folks...come one, come all....Get yourself a cabin seat by yourself, no annoying people to sit next to, get yourself a cockpit OR a cabin flight attendant jumpseat if that's what you like...

Sounds like Southernjets/Regional Partners didn't want to spring for weight mods and better weight and balance programs.
 
Baronman said:
*******XJT ERJs....NO WEIGHT PROBLEMS.....2X JUMPSEATS************

Yes that's right folks...come one, come all....Get yourself a cabin seat by yourself, no annoying people to sit next to, get yourself a cockpit OR a cabin flight attendant jumpseat if that's what you like...

Sounds like Southernjets/Regional Partners didn't want to spring for weight mods and better weight and balance programs.
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Wellllll unless you happen to be going from BRO to IAH at 4 AM on one of those pesky EP's w/ fog in houston, that is.

Still, I've been bumped of 737 jumpseats several time for weight restrictions too. Mostly those old -300's that are all gone now though. Once LAS-AUS (wn) coming back from NJC and once IAH-EWR (cal).
 
Baronman said:
*******XJT ERJs....NO WEIGHT PROBLEMS.....2X JUMPSEATS************

Yes that's right folks...come one, come all....Get yourself a cabin seat by yourself, no annoying people to sit next to, get yourself a cockpit OR a cabin flight attendant jumpseat if that's what you like...

Sounds like Southernjets/Regional Partners didn't want to spring for weight mods and better weight and balance programs.
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Hahahaha yeah right, try telling the gate agent in Terminal A that you are allowed to take the flight attendant jumpseat.... Oh wait, "you're not Continental or Expresjet?", no you can't take the flight attendant jumpseat. Thank god I dated a jetlink FO or I would have never gotten on one of your flights. Terminal A gate agents don't even know XE's jumpseat priority.
 
L-16B said:
Hahahaha yeah right, try telling the gate agent in Terminal A that you are allowed to take the flight attendant jumpseat.... Oh wait, "you're not Continental or Expresjet?", no you can't take the flight attendant jumpseat. Thank god I dated a jetlink FO or I would have never gotten on one of your flights. Terminal A gate agents don't even know XE's jumpseat priority.
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True they are not the brightest bunch. Unfortunately many of them go between A and C and work CAL flights and aren't familiar with our policies. Of course you could hopefully see the Captain first (they have to come up between flights to get paperwork), ask for them to clarify with the Captain, or find another crew member milling about to clarify. There's no reason you shouldn't make it on if you're there 30min prior.
 
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