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1. Page 11 of the 2016 Skywest Inc Annual report.

"During the year ended December 31, 2016, United exercised its right to extend the term for an additional 12‑month period for a certain number of aircraft until the end of 2018 intended to facilitate an orderly return of ERJ145 aircraft to United. Additionally, United has the right to extend the term for an additional 12‑month period for a certain number of aircraft upon 180 days written notice until the end of 2019."

So it seems as though there needs to be notification by July 2018 for the second of the one year extension.

2. Page 35 of the 2016 Skywest Inc Annual report.

"We are scheduled to have 49 CRJ700 aircraft in service with American by mid-2017. These 49 CRJ700 aircraft were previously operated in our existing fleet by other major airline partners."

They've already found homes for all of the UAL 700s. As for the mechs, yes, that's my understanding as well. It's in their scope clause that the xjt mechs do all the heavy maintenance but AA wants to outsource that work. It's the same issue that kept XJT from securing AA flying in 2008. Theoretically, they can come up with another short term deal (2 years) again. But I'm not holding my breadth.

How's the reserve time in IAH? Would I be able to fly alot on reserve?

Jr base is EWR. Plan on being there for a while. RSV in IAH is near 4 years once you get there.

You will be flying quite a bit!!

Once you're hired, you'll be based in EWR. Once there, you need to initiate a bid via base trade to get Houston. When Halley's comet next perihelion comes, you might expect to get Houston. As soon as you get Houston, if you're still alive, make sure you make yourself available by having your status as "will fly"

The only regional with a base in IAH that you would be able to hold in the near future would be Mesa. You would be better off commuting to DFW and getting on with an AA regional at this point.

Most junior in Iah is 12/15 hire. If you live in or near Houston reserve is not as bad as commuting to another carrier.

Awesome, thx for the info! Recruiters kept telling me IAH was maybe 3 months in to bid. If they're anything like my Air Force recruiter, I'll take it with a grain of salt. ��

They will also tell you that XJT is one of the highest paying regionals for their pilots. They forgot to include the fact that most other regionals have upgrades in 2 years or less and that puts pilots on the CA pay scale. Upgrade time at XJT is over 10 years and still growing.

I don't see 3 months happening but I do see the time to get Houston dropping as most of the United CPP folks are coming from Houston. That will create some movement. I would guess 4-8 months. Upgrade times should also begin to drop as the last of those 8 year guys/gals upgrade.

Everyone is having trouble staffing so you are getting in at a good time!

8 Year Guys? XJT still has guys hired in 2007 that can't upgrade. 2017-2007 does not equal 8.

Not sure what CA's leaving would have to do with FO's in IAH either.

Seriously? People are still going to XJT? Does no one do any research?

As I recall those 2007 hires were out for 2 years on furlough. 10-2=8.

Since you no longer work here and are obviously a very bitter former XJT guy I think you really need to stick to trying to fix the problems at Commutair.

Anyone still at XJT should be bitter.. what a water trash airline Skywest and the two unions have turned that place into.

The only thing that I am bitter about are people that make up their own numbers and Lie just to protect themselves. Try telling the truth and you will not see me respond to your messages.

When people talk about upgrades, they do not change the years to make things look better just because they want to. That is misleading. Currently, the most JR CA at XJT was hired in 2007. That is not an 8 year upgrade.

XJT was a great airline before Skypest took it over. It now sucks due to planes being parked every other week. Closing bases over the last few years (half of them to be exact) and recruiters that fail to tell the whole truth about compensation.

As far as Commutair, they have turned the boat right side up again and we are running a completion factor in the high 90's and the training issues have been mostly fixed. How is the management at XJT doing on turning things around, besides a new mission statement thing?

Really? Show me where I lied? 10-2=8. Guess you use common core math.

So I guess the years 2009 and 2010 never took place? There was a time transport vehicle for the 347 that were furloughed and they just leaped right from 2008 to 2010? You are very good at not telling the whole truth.

If you want to tell me that the upgrade time will drop from 10 years to 8 years if and when they upgrade the last "U" employee, I might buy that, but that is not what you are saying. How many more guys are there that still have to upgrade before that happens? How many upgrades have occurred the last 6 months? Help people make an informed decision about working for XJT. I bet you can't and won't do it.

Hey, I feel horrible for those that were out on furlough. However, their adjusted hire dates at the company say they have been on property for 8 years. Not fudging any math here. I don't deny upgrade is way too long here but that number will drop fairly soon. (in my opinion) No one knows the "final" number of aircraft that we will wind up with. It seems to be as many as we can staff. Lots of fluid numbers going around right now. Is this the perfect regional? No. But its also not a bad place to be to get the hours and move on.

Who long have you been employed by XJT?

Over a decade! And yes I plan on moving on..

The reason for XJT's predicaments is their money losing CPAs, which have absolutely NOTHING to do with ANY pilot on their seniority lists!

Blame it on whatever you want that place is a vindictive, contagious, leaky pecker toxic disease.

Ahhh the "it doesn't matter how we got here" argument. That one never gets old lol

Maybe your problem is you prioritize finding someone or something to blame ahead of the viability of the basket in which you've stubbornly placed all your eggs, Skip. Your airline is dying.. But that's none of my business.

It's the regional game man. If you stay in one place too long the sands will shift and the top becomes the bottom. It's not the first time. If you name is not who sells the ticket your job is not that secure. I feel for you guys, it's almost like ComAir all over again. It will be no different anywhere I go, I just try to read the teal leaves as best I can.

It's not the pilot's fault at XJT or any other place. Your career is made or broken on a golf course by factors your don't really have control over. You could have the best preformance numbers in the world, unfortunately pride, greed, and favors count for a lot more.

Once again I wish you all the best, and there is really no pilots to blame for any of this. None of us need to beat each other down, it's more of a time to help those that need help.

What is XJT's future in DFW? How many crews are based in DFW now?

There are no L-XJT crews in DFW. That base is gone. If you want to know about the L-asa base of CRJ's that are at AA, then try asking on this thread:

https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/r...-crj-side.html

So are you the "industry" expert? You no longer work here but like to jump in on every question? As I look through all the other regional boards I see you doing the same thing! Get a life dude!

Wait a sec, it was you who began the blaming and included pilots as part of the blame!

That's funny. When I pull up my post, I see mainly XJT, C5 and logbooks with some Air whiskey, TSA and Skypest.

When I look up your post, I see you all over the place but mainly not XJT. I see a lot of your posts in Frontier, Allegiant, Spirit, Mesa and those seem to be a great place for you. Go back and read your posts. You push a lot of XJT Kool-Aid and bash almost everyone else.

https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/s...1&pp=25&page=6

As I said before, help your fellow brothers and sisters out and give them some good advice and stop being a 60 year old crotchety dude.

True, I did spend too much time on here "trashing" some other regionals in the past. I realized what a waist of time it was and that it was not my position to judge why others chose the regional they did. The rest of my posts were all questions for some LCC carriers.

No XJT kool aid being pushed. Just defending the lies and misinformation that you like to spread. It is obvious that you hope XJT closes it's doors so that Commutair can get more growth. Take your own advice and "help your fellow brothers and sisters out and give them some good advice" Stop spreading the lies. Oh and change that screen name if you cant stop the lies. End of argument on my part. You are not worth the time and frustration.

He's mgmt. It's the only thing that makes sense. Of course there is the possibility of him being an online troll who needs to be fed.

What did I say that was a lie? I keep telling you all of yours.

Surejet......

Thanks a lot.

I see CommutAir is retiring Q200s and Q300s in 2017-2018.
ExpressJet is losing ERJs in 2017 to CommutAir and TransStates.
Are we possibly not going to have UAX as XJT by the end of 2017???
Mesa gonna take over all those routes?
LCH, LFT, BHM, PNS, AEX, MLU, JAX, SHV, etc...who's gonna do it? SkyWest? Mesa? Not many IAH regional operators to do it.
Kinda scary...

Expressjet will be dismantled and Buried first quarter 2018.

I believe it.
You mean it as a whole right?
Not L-XJT or L-ASA. ExpressJet as a whole will be gone by 2018.

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I would be surprised if ExpressJet (ERJ and CRJ) are shut down in 2018, but the odds of it being around past 2020 aren't very good.

The CRJ contract with Delta expires in 2020 and the AA CRJ-700 contract expires in 2019 (it is only a 2 year CPA). I cannot speak for the ERJ United CPA, but the AWAC deal announced in January does not bode well for XJT as I believe the ERJ side will have less than 100 airframes in 2017.

It is really sad what is happening at ASA/XJT.