On the L-XJT side, they are owned by the United Continental Holding group. They were purchased by Continental when CO owned L-XJT.

FlightDirector,
From the L-XJT side and partly applies to the L-ASA side.

There is not a company anywhere in the world that can train 1000 pilots overnight. That is the amount for just 100 airplanes. Our planes are being moved to a company that is 40% owned by United. They are still ramping up the hiring at C5 (commutair) and they are running classes of ~25 a month. (2-3 planes). If the XJT management came out and stated they were closing down the airline, they would have no one left to fly the remaing planes they are stuck with. If management did not say anything at all, then pilots would know that they are closing down the place. The XJT management is very cautious in what they tell the pilots and they give the little carrot every once in a while, making it look good. (CPA extensions that don't happen) An example of that is we were told UA extended the CPA at the first part of 2016 and we would not park any planes. There is a list on the L-xjt forum that will show you how many have been parked this year Parked Aircraft - Page 77

XJT is a good company with a good contract. It used to be a great company with a great contract, but we are still operating under a contract that has concessionary rates (even with the 1.50 raise) that was put in place in 2004.


One last point about the recruiters. They have been saying for years that the upgrade time will drop to a couple of years in a very short amount of time. Go to the facebook page and go back a couple of years if you don't believe me. The dates they use do not even add up. Shorter upgrade times will never happen. They are at 10 years now. The best they could do is upgrade 80 people and get it down to 7.5 years. I think we upgraded 15 this year.

Also, if XJT was serious about hiring pilots, there would be a bonus like the other carriers. $60,000 is more than I make at XJT and I was hired in 2007.