Originally Posted by
TFAYD
UA invested in C5 because they wanted to save their 145 flying as SKYW was winding down XJT. Once it became clear that C5 couldn’t pull it off they had to buy XJT to rescue the 50 seat feed and to have some BATNA in future negotiations with other regionals.
That is all a non issue. I would assume they will keep whatever 50 seat flying they end up keeping with XJT but there is no need to consolidate anything.
It should be interesting to watch how this plays out. Why do you assume that 50 seat flying will stay with XJT instead of keeping the 50 seat flying that is currently being flown by SkyWest? Both companies seem to do a good job. I’d agree that there is no need to consolidate. There will be casualties on the regional side as the 50 seat fleet is reduced, just as there will be on the legacy side as the 756 suffers the same fate.