Originally Posted by
motormadness
I believe these are simply aircraft that were being parked this year regardless. The article also states: "The company said it is grounding the planes because of high fuel prices, larger replacement jets and pilot shortages and could ground its nine remaining Embraer ERJ 135 planes in the fourth quarter."
United can say anything they want to save face but it's no secret INC is under a lot of pressure to cut Expressjet's money loosing cpa's they negotiated. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe INC has made it known (threatened) that they plan to park 145's early (100 of them)?