Originally Posted by
moonunit
i had heard that too, and thought it was dead. But today hearing otherwise, but with no substantiation. Any idea why United would have opposed?
The deal hinged on exchanging the XRs for 175s, which required UAL to get scope relief from its pilots. UAL was unable to get this so they "couldn't support the merger" which caused the deal to fall apart for now.
This deal is dead unless Bedford decides he wants to fly the XRs long term.