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Old 09-17-2014 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by air101
With the announcement today of 50 175 going to Republic, United is now maxed out on 71+ seat RJs.... XJT is done. There will be no fleet replacement.
This was part of the gamble of voting no and I believe the 83% understood this.. We were not guaranteed flying if we did vote yes. Even with the pay cuts from the last contract we still would have been more expensive than Republic.

One thing I've learned from this industry is that you cannot predict the future. We still are the largest regional in the world. XJT will not be easy to replace and things could rapidly change going forward. Time will tell but I am proud regardless of what happens, that we stood for something, instead of fueling the flames of the whipsaw.