Originally Posted by
MolineCFI
Skywest had 422 planes at the end of 2017. They are adding a total of 39 era-175s in 2018. They are adding 20 cry-900s but losing 20 crj 200s. I don't see any info showing they will get up to 522 planes. The pilots took the inflation adjusted 5 year pay cut because of the hint of a promise of 100 new planes, not new and used. Moving 20 planes from Expressjet to Skywest and getting rid of 20 200s is not growth. I don't see 522 in their future, do you?
You are correct in numbers but there was no time line on when 100 new aircraft would come.. and not getting the rest of the 200’s is a product of MX and time that was unexpected with these old ASA aircraft.. not worth the time/money for the 3 years UA wanted them. So a win for XJT.. SkyWest still has Ejet orders 50 firm 200 options... time will tell. But so much will and has changed in even the last month. Revisit the regionals in a year and it will look completely different again... (including this regionals sub forum)