The 175 operation in ORD didn’t open until January 2020. The decision to remove the 175s from ExpressJet was announced in February 2020. Are you honestly claiming the reason ExpressJet lost all of the 175s was due to performance over the one and only month the 175s had a base in ORD? I went from holding a line on the 175 in IAH in Dec to being on reserve in Jan due to the 175 base opening in ORD. I hardly ever got called to fly while sitting reserve in Jan. If ORD 175 performance was so bad why wasn’t I sent to ORD to fly or sit out of base reserve? Also, every month the ORD 175 base was open there were IAH 175 CA’s on the base trade list trying to get transferred to ORD. If performance in ORD was so bad those pilots could have been moved to ORD on a months notice with a trade due to vacancy. Personally, I think this spreading rumor of losing 175s due to sick calls is a lie. The trouble is if you tell a lie often enough and long enough some people might actually believe you. I’m a 20 year 175 CA with perfect attendance that thinks even UAL wouldn’t pull a fleet type from a company on one months performance when there were options available to fix the problem, ie reserves available not being called, and pilots on the base trade list trying to get transferred to ORD 175.