Yes but optimism is good for the soul!!

Hard to find on message boards for sure.

Care to argue a specific point?

The thing holding XJT back right now is published upgrade time. It will come down if hiring keeps up and it will become a domino effect. Upgrades come down, hiring goes up.

It’s hard to argue there is very real potential for the 175 fleet to increase at XJT.

The misconception is that the 175s are replacing 145s. This is simply not true. They are replacing 700s/900s because of scope. The United scope clause allows for a virtually unlimited number of 50 seaters. The 145s are not going anywhere. United wants more of them flying, not less.

Which means the bottle-neck is training. XJT is trying to ramp up their 175 training program and their 145 training program concurrently. It is taking some time and there are going to be some frustrations but when it comes full circle the potential is virtually unlimited.