Originally Posted by
flycrj200
I did not read the contract. I'm just saying the the 900's r owned by Delta and they can do whatever they want with them. Read tne news article.
Freedom currently operates seven CRJ-900 regional jets for Delta Connection, with a further seven aircraft scheduled to enter service by May 2009. The Company subleases the Aircraft from Delta for $1 per month per aircraft and these aircraft will be returned to Delta in connection with this termination with no further financial obligation to Mesa.
It says they sublease them from Delta, which to my understanding means Delta leases them themselves. So basically neither of them really own them. I guess it comes down to how much ownership Mesa has on flying the birds and Delta just pulling them and giving them to someone else. CAL doesn't own the planes XJT flies, they lease them. We had control over them if CAL wanted to pull them from us. Hence the Branded and Delta flying we did recently. CAL is paying to park the 135's we fly and no one else can fly them unless it is us if CAL wants to bring them back after parking them for 12 months.