With the parked aircraft everyone has and going into the fall with what appears to be weakening demand on top of traditional seasonal adjustments, I’m betting there is a UA fleet planner who has a plan that kills both xjet and c5, spreading the lift among the other regionals, and what they can’t do, backfilling with parked 737’s etc.
Both unions are under an ALPA gag order and neither union has to put concessions to a vote. We won’t know anything until it’s announced. Hope for the best (whatever that is anymore is anyone’s guess) and prepare for the worst. ~W