Originally Posted by
flynavyj
my guess was for the continental flying expressjet is supposed to be losing (if things fell through) and, if expressjet didn't sell to skywest, continental still plans to pull the airplanes from them, which they could then lease to skywest who would need authorization to fly them. The only reason i could imagine them not going with CRJ's would have something to do with a deal struck between continental/skywest which is financially better than them attempting to find and purchase more canadairs from the desert.
Ding Ding Ding!!!!!! What do we have for him Johnny?!
You have stumbled onto the exact thing that is happening behind the scenes.
As I posted before:
It's becoming a burden being right this often. In all seriousness for the XJT guys I wish I were wrong on this one. In addition, sadly, I believe (read as know) that SkyWest's experience with the ASA acquisition further soured their attitude toward ALPA and as such they just want the contract with CAL, the equipment to execute it, and will dispose of anything else they can. Saabarooski's comment about XJT guys interviewing for their own jobs at first year pay may prove prophetic. Good luck to all. Be proactive.