The Guam operation is losing money. There are a very few flights making money. Those are Hawaii and Narita. The Island Hopper is flat and has been for years.
Guam flight attendants have a no furlough clause in their contract and since the loss of HNL-NGO-HNL they need to reduce the number of FAs. They have been offering FAs jobs at Continental.
The company is looking seriously at merging the two companies back into one certificate. They need to move some financial obligations away from CMI and then they could drop the FAA certificate. This would reduce the costs of the Guam operation considerable. The FAA certificate has already been moved from HNL to the IAH FSDO.
Bid Guam now and take advantage of the base closure benifits of the contract.