Originally Posted by Brav989
I see...gotcha. Is it possible CAL might just decide to keep contracting flights with XJet since they're in a bind with the other airline? Or is that a no go?
There is some suspicion that XJet's strategy was to keep the lease in order to make the jets unavailable to CAL. Since CAL and/or CHQ may not be able to sh*t 69 RJs on demand, it may force CAL back into some kind of relationship with XJet so as not to lose a lot of business due to lack of aircraft.
One possibility is a lease back, where XJet leases the planes back to CAL, but CAL pays CHQ to actually operate the planes...not good for XJet labor.
The current rumors actually involve XJ operating the planes themselves.