Originally Posted by
higney85
Not to steer the thread, but everyone says they think they are getting the RFP's.
Like you, not to steer the thread, but you have a good point. Besides, it may be multiple carriers that get awarded it.
Originally Posted by
Truman_Sparks
I hear Express Jet is getting the United RFP anyway.
See above, if XJT gets awarded any of it, especially the turbo prop part, they (or any other all jet carrier that bid on it) is going to have to absorb some serious costs to get it going. Unless UAL wants to help out, but I really don't see that happening.
For ASA, probably not as much. For XJT, even though it's still on the certificate, they haven't operated a prop in years. Getting them out of the desert, dusting off the training program, getting the senior geezers in the training department re-schooled on the aircraft isn't going to be cheap, nor easy.