Just curious but XJT took the 69 planes before going branded. Didn't they do this as a plan to fly them for AMR before being denied by AMR's scope, only XX amount of RJs allowed to fly for them, and then were left sitting with 69 planes? Just something I heard and wanted confirmation on.

Secondly I've only heard here that XJT managed to underbid CHQ for the bids. I've heard strait from Bedford that when CHQ bid for CAL flying we weren't the cheapest. There were two regionals that underbid. One was PNCL and the other wasn't XJT. Also there are multiple contracts in place. It's possible they have different rates.