Originally Posted by
Punkpilot48
Wrong on two points.
1. SkyWest wanted an in with CAL before the eventual “scope relief.” Didn’t matter because of the ual merger.
2. SkyWest was led on by CAL to buy Expressjet because of the beef between Reem and Kellner. SkyWest tried to buyout the BOD and they were rejected. The CFO at CAL wrote a memo to SkyW saying since they didn’t take we will give them an ultimatum if you’re ok with the contract. So then CAL says “we won’t do any CPA with XJT unless they return all the planes flying branded and they fly this (horrible) CPA.” So the board said fine Skywest you can have it. Then sky west complained years that we weren’t profitable and still aren’t somehow even though everyone else is giving out these bonuses and pay raises.
What ever you say. Fact/fiction not accurate... OO didn’t do “due diligence”. Someone got shown the door for that... lots of assuming... didn’t pan out..... don’t forget OO had a E145 program being built to bring on Aircraft from “another carrier”.......