Originally Posted by
duvie
I have been reading a lot of things in other threads about why CAL took flying away (Larry is a bean counter, CHQ is a better "wh0re") so I thought I'd comment.
CAL didn't take away part of their flying from XJT to lower costs. The previous relationship was extremely beneficial to both companies from a financial perspective. CAL wanted to diversify their feeder service so that they could avoid a situation where XJT could have them by the balls, like Comair did to Delta. The move was strategic and was not motivated by the "bottom line". It would have been cheaper to keep using XJT that it will be to use another carrier.
XJT is a great company because it was molded in the image of a major instead of a regional. The training department is great and actually having things like their own FOQA department (something that AA and other majors still don't have) are indications of what a great company XJT is.
I have never worked there, so my observations may be flawed, but XJT sure is acting like a teenager being on his own for the first time. They seem very confident that they know the ways of the world. I hope XJT does well, but there may be some humbling experiences in store for them.
Your first two paragraphs were right on, the last one not so much. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but like you said, you don't work here, so you just don't know! No offence, but unless you've dealt directly with our management you don't know what we need or don't need. I will say this however; when it's all said and done people's jaws are going to drop.