Yep, send the mailers out!

Do not come here

We won’t get anything as long as classes are full. Pilots here need to stop pumping this place up to be greater than what it is to prospective candidates. You are only a number in the system they don’t value you as an employee and it shows again. They don’t need PBS, or ACARS reassignment, JUST NEW HIRES. United clearly doesn’t want the majority of our pilots no flow, no staple, no integration will ever happen. Union agreed to this deal and pushed it on our group one year ago and we are here with nothing but empty promises. Get your time and Get out.

Classes will dry up quickly, once they stop placing new hires on the 175, which should be any day now since no more are coming. If they continue to put them on it to keep classes full, then they will quit shortly thereafter as reserve times shoot up, with a fresh new type rating.

There’s 14 pilots to each 175. Most airlines run 8-10..

In addition there’s no open time for the 145 so good luck trying to fly on reserve. You will be sitting ARC at the airport constantly and getting some quality time at the crash pad.

How’s the operation at Newark?
Is GoJet hurting the lines?

It will. United wants more first class seats going in and out of EWR. Expect the 550 to take some flying.

So does this mean that Newark will
Not be junior base anymore ?

Count on getting IAH from here on out. EWR, CLE and ORD shrinking.


”The ERJ145 is the backbone of this airline and our now-through-next-year focus will be to fly many more of our 90+ aircraft in revenue service. United has told us that there are plenty of opportunities for ERJ145 growth and UA-Network continues to stay focused on growing the IAH hub. We will continue to evaluate our domiciles as United starts solidifying their United Express 50 seat feed structure. As United focuses on competing with American and Delta in the New York and Chicago markets and the North East in general, they will increase the deployment of 3-class CRJ550s (we have heard as many as 50 by the end of 2020). This will see our footprint in EWR, CLE and potentially ORD change. United is very focused on capturing the business traveler markets in EWR and ORD as they compete against Delta in LGA and American in LGA and ORD with 3-class aircraft. This will make ExpressJet fly more in the South and towards the West. And, as I mentioned above, United wants to increase the number of ERJ145 shells we fly and wants us to increase block hours as soon as we can produce them.”

Union Update:

Fellow Pilots,

Despite our persistent efforts to encourage the company to implement necessary changes to Contract 2018, the general operation of the training center, and the overall operation of our airline, they have made it clear that they are comfortable being leaders of a floundering airline comprised of three disgruntled work groups.

Over the past few months at the negotiating table, the company offered virtually no gains for the pilot group, and in turn expected multiple, massive concessionary items for their benefit. After your Negotiating Committee made it clear that a lopsided concessionary deal was insulting and unacceptable, management attempted to reduce the negotiations to a "micro deal" with minuscule changes for the pilots and major concessions for the company's benefit. The Negotiating Committee continued to put in serious work toward a deal, yet at every turn management stifled negotiations and showed no real interest in exploring a mutually-agreeable solution.

Letter 2 was a promise made to us by a management leadership team that walked out of the door shortly after they made it. This was followed by their successors who initially chose to not even acknowledge Letter 2, until we showed them our strength as a collective whole. We were successful in bringing them to the table in what initially appeared to be a meaningful way, but what was, in reality, an elaborate attempt to pacify the Association.

Next year, forecast hiring at the major airlines and low cost-carriers will put a strain on staffing at the fee-for-departure (FFD) carriers. In addition, our major partner will require more FFD lift as they fulfill their growth plan. It's not hard to see that airlines able to recruit and retain pilots, and those who have a productive working relationship with their pilots and other employee groups, will be the ones to succeed. At this time, I do not believe XJT is on track to do so.

The next steps are simple: we will stay the course. We will continue to fight for what we believe is not only right, but fundamentally imperative to the future success of our airline. We are not the only employee group fighting to keep our airline afloat. The mechanics and flight attendants are also facing the same struggle.

It's time our management realizes that the FFD sector of the airline industry has to adapt, change, and develop into a modern and viable business model. The way XJT is operating is not sustainable. Now is the time to change and set our airline up for success.

To further update you on the company's request for concessions from the pilot group, as well as our forecast for next year, your Negotiating Committee and I will host an all-pilot conference call Thursday, Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. Eastern. Look for dial-in and live web streaming information to be communicated later this week.

The Deal's STILL Not Done!

Eventually, someone way up the chain will figure out what’s going on. Until then we wait.