United side is not shutting down. UALs experiment with putting the ERJs with other carriers is not going as well as they thought...hence the 5 year deal. New hire Classes have seen a small uptick in numbers and we can't get our line numbers up until the CRJ guys stop their complaining and either decide to have a job here or at another regional. They were supposed to be in transition training already but they are dragging their feet so they can see how many senior guys are willing to downgrade to avoid a commute or a new type ride.

Enough with the whole shutting down nonsense, get some new material. This has been a 10yr shutdown and yet...We are still here and the language in our contract is still very strong even by today's regional standard the only thing we need is pay and hopefully the 9E TA will help raise the bar and stop the race to the bottom.