Originally Posted by
Skyhawk121
You may want to double check your info here. I am fairly certain that UA's pilot contract prevents them from owning a regional. You could ask some UA pilots, but I spoke to a UA pilot the other day and asked him what he thought about the possibility and he told me their contract prohibits UA from owning their own regional.
It’s the FA contract, not the pilot contract. It prevents UAL from owning a majority stake. Any upcoming sale would most likely be with other investors, or some other creative work-around. It’s also possible that the recent merging of the FAs with UAL has changed the rules in some way.