Originally Posted by
FlyingKat
Not really. Nobody knows for sure, but TSA was supposed to take all 64XRs from UAL. TSA agreed to the first 32, then decided to take on 12 LRs for AA and slowed down the XR program, ultimately not taking the next batch of 32 airplanes. Those planes endued up at Commutair which has been a dumpster fire so far. Supposedly this ticked UAL off, which is why they have refused to give us any hiring help. Many times FO said UALs refusal was due to not being willing to help staff American, but that excuse fell flat when Mesa got it. So something happened, likely due to TSA giving UAL the shaft over the XRs, but now that we are an all UAX carrier and struggling to hire it is being discussed again. We'll see what happens now that FO is gone.
Seems mostly true. Management definitely seems to have ****ed off UAL with their American experiment.
It's a shame that they didn't focus on the long term stuff from United, and grow Denver 2-3 years ago as originally planned. We lost a lot of people over the debacle of the Denver base taking FOREVER to grow.
I'm hoping that the CPP is back on the table with the change in leadership. Every excuse from FO for not getting the CPP was debunked as other carriers got it. As of 24 dec, we will be the only UAX-only carrier without it... I hope that changes.
Also, from everything I've heard, if we can manage to staff additional flying, United will give us more. (I'm sure that is true for any of their 50 seat carriers).