Originally Posted by
iahflyr
I think many Expressjet pilots saw the 2150 pilots and went and panicked and starting hating on Skywest before reading and truly thinking out Skywest's offer. Do you think they will shut down profitable flying? (the DAL flying and the charter ops) I think Expressjet pilots are going to make out far better if Skywest acquires them than they think. Even if they shut down the branded, I think it is a much better option than staying independent (having the branded shut down soon anyway) and then losing the CAL flying.
No, the sticking point was that in the CPA SKW negotiated with CAL, CAL would be able to put the XJT flying out to bid if they thought it wasn't cost competitive anymore. With SKW having their FAA authorization to operate ERJs and having them on the SKW certificate for a year with their pilots flying them, they would be able to bid for it and transfer those aircraft over to SKW.
Originally Posted by
Hayduke
Is the Delta flying making money now? I had thought that it wasn't (yet); from the 1st quarter 10-Q:
The DAL pro-rate or at-risk flying may not be making money. I'm sure the CPA flying is.
Originally Posted by
iahflyr
The other thing is where did you see anything that said Skywest wants to transfer the DAL LAX ERJ-145 flying from Expressjet to Skywest. That sounds like a dumb move (having Skywest operate 21? ERJ-145's while having a CRJ jet fleet when Expressjet has the ERJ-145 fleet). I have read all the literature out there and I don't recall seeing this. Is this just an out of control rumor that someone began spreading, or did Skywest actually put this in writing somewhere. If so, please show it to me.
This is accurate. If you call your rep they will tell you so. Also, it was reiterated last night on the web cast. This is why SKW has FAA authorization to operate ERJs now or are working on it. They are setting up the whipsaw already.
Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
That rumor was started by a SkyWest hater that just propogated and spread like wild-fire...
See my reply above. It is not a rumor. But if this deal does go through, hopefully XJT can mitigate the possibility of whipsaw.
Originally Posted by
Shootinstr8
I thought the lawyer specifically said that would not happen. That they would find profitable ops for those (XJT) jets for XJT pilots or shut it all down. Just my take
SKW said that XJT would operate 205 for CAL (with the possibility of it being put to bid again in a year) and that about 30 of the ERJs would be operated by SKW in a second separate CAL CPA.