Originally Posted by newarkblows

Longer term? possible but i this is far from a windfall for xjt. Our management is desperate for a chance and in a market where there is no real growth they had to go out and make something happen. We are probably doing this at the CAL CPA rate and arent making money off of it. Our charter has slowed down a little and this was a good way to keep those airplanes active and making revenue.


To the poster above. You are absolutely right that 50 seaters are slowly going away because they were over-bought in the late 90's. They are still going to be around for some time just not in the numbers they were. United is paying a fixed rate to those other 50 seat operators per block hour. We are offering the cheapest 50 seat, jet lift in the world right now to CAL and other airlines are taking notice. You are absolutely right that it is beyond a long shot at XJT securing more flying but you cant blame the management for trying