Originally Posted by SkyWestPilot1

Oh, I'm aware of that. I was under the assumption that XJ owned those ac, if they don't, it makes them more appealing. SkyWest has always wanted to be their own airline but they hate to give up the cash cow that they have going right now. XJ, with their ticketing capability in place and also the options on the E-jets would put SkyWest quickly (relatively) in position to be on their own when the time was right. Just observations, that's all.