Originally Posted by
DBono
All this talk about whether XJT mgmt. is doing or will do the "right thing" if they get CARES money...…….. I don't really care, quite frankly. I just want XJT to survive! Please, just do whatever it takes to survive and live to fight another day.
If there's a big furlough, but XJT survives, then we (jr FO's in my case) have a decent chance of someday come back to flying jets. If XJT fails, then we are in this huge group of out of work pilots (including all the senior XJT people), the vast majority of whom have more time/experience, competing for very few openings, starting over at the bottom of some list if we are very lucky.
The problem with your position is that ExpressJet's survival is tied directly to what United's ultimate decision is regarding 50 seat flying and who it gets awarded that flying on the other end of this. It doesn't matter how healthy your company is if you're a sub-contractor and the prime contractor decides to use someone else. On the other hand, if United decides to throw you guys a bone, or throws out several bones to keep the whipsaw alive, they will do whatever they need to keep you around. In other words, you serve at the pleasure of your master (United) and have very little control over your destiny. I wouldn't be surprised if the decision hasn't already been made with regard to your fate. One thing is almost certain: you won't know it until the very last minute.