I apoligize for my XJET coworkers posting cocky, foolish statements. I believe fosters works for a certain east coast regional who flies in and out of Philly. Don't bash foster's, he just represents the "glass half-empty" kinda guy, and with whats happened at his regional in the last two years, I can't blame him. There are a lot of uncertainties here at XJET, and we don't really know whats gonna happen. What we do know, is that our management refuses to operate for less than a 10% profit margin, and we have lost multiple RFP's because of it. While our branded flying is not identical to FlyI, history is not on our side. It has been said that we have talked to WN to see what cities they didn't care too much about. That way when we start going there they won't squash us like bugs. We have ticketing in place for the branded flying, we have the staff in place, and unfortunately they have decided on the paint scheme. We have our own paint shop, so painting the planes will not cost much. We will have 205 airplanes operating for CAL for at least another two or three years, after that who knows? A lot of guys here are hopeful because they need to be. What good does it do to worry about what we can't control. It does not hurt to have a contingency plan, but everyone chooses their jobs for personal reasons, and not all of us can understand those. I hope that many of our pilots do not think they are better than others, but we are proud of our contract, and we hope that other regionals will follow suit and demand the pay and work rules that our profession deserves. This has turned into a blue-collar job and it clearly is not. We don't hate other pilots, we hate that they willingly work for crap pay and work rules. No pilot should ever have to sleep in their plane, or not get paid for xtra time they spend in the airplane. We want everyone to have a contract with pay and work rules like ours and Air Whiskey. Don't fly for crap pay and work rules. And if their are any CHQ pilots reading, welcome to IAH. I will shake your hand and welcome you. Please start fighting now for a better contract. Better pay for the 70 seaters(as your 50 seat is close to ours), and better work rules. ExpressJet pilots are taking a new road, and we are excited at the opportunities that lie ahead. We hope that we may be able to lead the way to escape the strangle hold that Legacy management has on Regional pilots. Rant over.