Please, one could easily say XJT got played. CAL could have went to SKY management and said, "Hey offer XJT such a miserable deal that when we come to them with a 7 year CPA for dirt cheap, it will loook like a great deal, and for being such a good sport when our guys cave on scope well give you the 70 seat feed" We can guess all we want but management at all airlines will do what they have to do, whether it be for themselves, their BOD's or the Shareholders. I don;t think Jerry lost any sleep over this, SkyWest is sitting pretty if you ask me.
Point is we never know who is getting played, but I can assure you, usually its the hard-working employees..............