Originally Posted by
Slaphappy
CO/UAL wil probably just retire 50 seaters and replace them with current 70 seaters. There is plenty of overlap and I wouldn't expect CLE to be around very long.
It was more than just 2 ceos not liking each other. XJT has always been a burden for cal as not only do they own their aircraft but still have to pay a high fee to have them flown. Given the history it seems CAL is either trying to put you guys out of business or just get rid of you.
Its no secret that XJT is in financial ruin, every quarter is loss. XJT’s new ceo also specialized in taking companies in and out of bankruptcy. It seems that is the only thing that could save xjt right now and that’s why I think they got that new ceo.
I hate to sound like a broken record but the XJT mec made a big mistake not making a deal with skywest and allowing the buyout 2 years ago. You guys would be in much better shape and have a much better future.
We would have been fine with SKW purchasing XJT, only problem was SKW wanted to run us separately like ASA which our contract does not allow. We were not willing to waive that because we did not want to be a part of the 3-way whipsaw. A strong union contract with strong scope language is a great thing, you guys at SKW should try it sometime.
None of you know what is going to happen to the regionals and most your "educated guesses" are so far off from what will most likely happen.