Johnny-O strikes again!!!

The reason XJT lost the 175s was mainly due to poor management and Mesa offering UA to buy the 20 new Ejets themselves instead of UA having to front the bill for XJT. When XJT was outmaneuvered and UA was not going to expand that fleet for them they had no choice.

His next move will be to not lease the 20 700s to GoJet that he promised (pre-covid) and convert them himself to 550s. UA will then pull the 550s from GoJet and they will also go to Mesa. Talks were already being made on the last earnings call for Mesa to expand to ORD and EWR with the 550s and the new Ejets will be in IAD.

Say what you want about the man. He seems to always slither his way into great deals.