Originally Posted by
calmwinds
Isn’t it true that only your management (through your union) has promised that UAL will award the 25 E175SC’s if you come to a long term pilot agreement? I have seen nothing that says United has made a direct promise, and United has kept quiet.
I suspect GoJet, Mesa, Republic and others have provided United with competitive bids for the CPA. I know Mesa has. Xjet can only provide a bid once the pilot agreement is in place. So, the clock is ticking.
I hope for Xjet’s sake that the agreement is made and United awards the Ejets to Xjet. Of course, that will suck for GoJet. It is also possible that the 25 CRJ700’s are not all GoJet’s. Mesa does have 20 CRJ700’s coming off CPA next year.
XJT when bought from CO had a CPA with them that had first “right or refusal “ on 40 “larger” RJ’s if allowed. I think Inc is finally using that contract trigger... XJT guys can chime in on this.... Hasn’t been much talk about it in years, but I understand it’s still in the CPA...