friend

Funny and crazy rumor going that perhaps Mesa and CommutAir might possible merge
anyone else hear this stupid rumor lol!!!

Brickfire

What would the point of that be? Adequately staff mesa’s a/c and park the 50 seaters?

Brickyards

Will commuteair be giving up their Honolulu base?

flyer138

I thought C5 was merging with Gojets?

This is all so terribly confusing......

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StuckOnReserve

That would be the only reason.

BusBoe

this is just plain wrong

AerChungus

If anything, United is planning on whipsawing CommuteAir against another regional, more likely Mesa than not but potentially Skywest and/or Republic. They want C5 to have a 170 training program so that they can bring their regionals to the table and say, "Mesa, you're costing us 11 million a month. CommuteAir over here has an operational 170 training program and they say that they can do your job for only 10 million a month. Can you beat that or no?" Whoever can do the job the cheapest continues to fly for United and the loser loses their contract. United has done this time and time again, most recently with Expressjet and CommuteAir. Pilots from the losing side have to reinterview at the winning carrier. Those that are competitive get the privilege of rejoining UAX at entry level seniority and pay. Those that aren't as competitive pilots don't get hired and are removed from UAX. United gets everything they want from the deal. Why bother merging?

killbilly

This most cynical view is, in my opinion, the most likely outcome.

Especially since United has board seats at both airlines.

TransWorld

Does that mean CommutAir could buy out United? That would be the most cynical view I can think of.

killbilly

um...I mean...I guess, yes? If they had enough money/leverage to buy control....