Why doesn't XJT replace their 145's, with 550?

ALL of the pilots at XJT with enough longevity to know are disgruntled. For good reason. I applaud Alpa reps for calling out management for not negotiating in good faith to finish our contract. They broke their promise to us in letter 2.
There are many reasons for us to be disgruntled.

United makes that decision, not XJT. Right now the launch customer is GoJet. The 550 is an experiment and a band aid. United is using the 550 as a tool to get around scope clause limits in the mainline pilot contact. They would prefer to be flying 3 class 175’s but the UAX fleet is already maxed out on those. For now United is trying to see if premium class customer in the north east will accept that product on a regional jet.

The 145 is also a very profitable airframe for United and run 90% full most of the time. Right now XJT has about 65 of them on the line and UA has said they want to 30 more in service for westward expansion.

A few months ago Boeing directed Embraer to develop a new 50 seat RJ. When that comes out it will probably replace the 145.


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How will they get 30 more 145s on line?

We have them parked

Somehow they need to magically come up with some extra folks, it seems..

Yep, the list started to grow again for a few weeks only to start the big shrink again once the 20 new Emb-175’s were awarded to Mesa.

Shrinking and closing bases isn’t good for pilot recruitment. United/XJT needs to do something to get a handle on things to secure their feed.

The NDA-limited poster has put their name and reputation on the line with the revelation that upcoming news is so bad that they are planning their exit from the company, and feels disloyal for not "spilling the beans" to the entire pilot group.

If nothing materializes, they will have lost credibility for "behind the scenes information". If something does materialize, I'll be surprised that it was not leaked. For now I maintain my belief that this is all standard rumor-mill / psychological warfare.

The 550 is no longer an experiment, it’s working. So Boeing is telling Embraer to develop a new 50 seater? How do you know XJET is gonna get an airplane that isn’t even developed yet? Where do you guys come up with this stuff??

Umm it’s still an experiment. Delivery only started in the fall and the United doesn’t have a full fiscal year of financial performance on it.

I also never said that XJT would get the new Embraer. I said it would be a replacement for the 145 as in an industry replacement for the 145. Akin to how the 737 and MD80/90’s replaced the 727.

Did you not have to study reading comprehension as a kid?


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