Originally Posted by
spuzzyair
There was the initial rumor that these would be coming to us at Compass, and then that died. The talk around HQ was that California Pacific had actually placed the lowest bid on this flying and United awarded it to them. However, United has since had second thoughts on an unproven carrier. My guess is that Compass, by default will end up with some of this flying. I think what BlueMoon said about the contract negotiations is probably pretty spot on.
Don't be surprised if Trans States is in the mix somewhere. Hulas has 27 145s to trade and United wants to get rid of 50 seaters. Also wouldn't be surprised if Compass and Trans States aren't integrated by the time all this is said and done. One thing's for sure, there's something big going on at HQ, and nobody's talking....