Originally Posted by
JetBlast77
Do you realize the magnitude of the feed we're talking about replacing? XJT operates nearly 250 airframes for the combined carrier. We're not talking about some small little regional that operates 20 or 30 airframes here. Somebody would have to do a lot of hiring and a lot of a/c buying to replace these routes. XJT currently dominates IAH and EWR for CAL. They operate far more flights than even mainline. I guess if they tighten scope back up all these jobs could be filled by furloughed UAL and CAL guys. In the end that would honestly be the best thing for everyone.
What would be really nice would be to purchase the regional companies and merge with the mainline. No training required and service would not be interrupted. In the long term I believe it would be cheaper than outsourcing.