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Old 06-03-2015 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Nevets
Revisionist history? I posted the letter that proved what happened. We got whipsawed by Skywest pilots lower compensation. They asked for concessions and we're going to take some of the 145s for themselves while they offered 750 furloughed pilots preferential interviews. Obviously xjt was NOT on its last leg as xjt went on for more than 2 years after that. Every quarter the losses shrunk. Xjt got flying for UAL and were about to get the U.S. air flying in phx until Skywest nixed that and took it for themselves after they bought xjt. As for Skywest employees subsidizing anything other than your own low total compensation, unless you took a concession, you haven't subsidized or given anything up to anyone. In fact, the cash on hand at xjt when Skywest bought xjt has been the actual subsidy. Which is why they haven't been in an urgent hurry from day one to get this merger finalized. It's you who are trying to revise history. I had a front seat on all this and this is how it went down. And the fact that you blame pilots for our supposed stubbornness is telling and typical of Skywest people. We voted down concessions but we haven't said no to anything else they proposed to us that has improved things, albeit marginally. And the erj side has been negotiating implementation of PBS before a JCBA. If that's not a show of goodwill I don't know what will convince you Skywest people that none of this is the pilots' doing.
Nevets,

I used to be a skeptic about your view of Inc's history with LXJT. It's apparent to me now, especially with the facts you've provided, Inc is on the hook for this. Someone at INC didn't do their due diligence. J Ralph Atkin has now "retired" from the Board, and Brad Rich is gone as well. I wonder if these 2 previous Board members were the ones so bullish on the purchase? I have no idea, but you're absolutely right. INC broke it, bought it, then somehow expected its pilots to finance it. All the money losing "contracts" that LXJT has is a joke. It's designed that way specifically so mgmt can point and say, "WE'RE LOSING MONEY, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY YOU."

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