Probably a neutral thing. Definitely not bad. It is less likely 145’s are going away since United owns them. United will have to sit a paid off asset and that is hard to do if you can staff them. (Just look at American’s history with its paid off MD80’s).

I believe good things are coming for XJT pilots flying for United Express. United has heated up hiring and United is running new hire classes this summer for the first time in years. Summer is a time when they would prefer the instructors fly the line. Anyway, more new United hires means more pilots through CPP.