I'll give it a go:

Although your negotiating committee had hoped the company would show up for the latest round of negotiations prepared and willing to meet us half way, the contrary proved true. The company still hasn't budged from their demands for concessions which 83% of the pilots voted down on the last TA.

We see no need for future negotiations and your MEC encourages each pilot to begin aggressively pursuing their plan B...

How's that???

 

How about.. The company informed us that IGM will L-XJT largest base. With over 100 aircraft there by the end of 2015. Although we were told zero pilots will be based there, were are still analizing there data. We will share the info when we get it...

 

That's incorrect.

 

I am pleased to be wrong this time!! Looking forward to hearing how it went.

 

I'm also waiting for ALPA's official comm to come out. But don't let me make you think it was wine and roses. It wasn't.

 

Certainly not. Nothing comes easy around here!!!

 

Nevermind.

 

My guess is...

Some concessions in certain places, tiny raises at the bottom end, airline will shrink rapidly, SkyWest management team will oversee all operations for the next two months while their underlings try to keep the speed tape from falling off in SGU in their absence.

Am I close?

 

They began negotiations on Wednesday (6/18)...this process has just begun, so I doubt any ground breaking news will come out anytime in the near future. Our reps are well aware of our demands and resistance to concessions...I am very anxious to hear where we are and how this week went, so I know how everyone feels, but the process just got underway.

 

I don't really have a dog in the XJET fight as I'm SkyWest Airlines, but;

I worked around Chip and Brad before and after Brad went to ASA. They are at best bitter adversaries and have always tried to secure the flying from one another.

But now Brad basically works for Chip and I've been told the atmosphere between the two is very different.

A couple of months ago Brad Rich was basically shown the door for failure to get XJET in line with costs, Chip is not going to make the same mistake.

2 weeks ago upper training managers from XJET were at the SkyWest hangar to get fully briefed on the EMB-175 training program.

I suspect contract negotiations will include the new airplane and sizable concessions or XJET as is known today will disappear.

SkyWest Inc. wants and needs a firm plan going forward and Chip has said directly to me, verbatim, "XJET isn't working".

Good Luck Gentleman, the thousands of coat tailing SkyWest pilots are counting on you!