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Hey, anybody heard what is going on XJT with the CAL sending the 69 planes to CHQ? Are they going to continue to hire? Furlough? Just curious, applied a few months ago never heard anything, usually get the nice postcard that says try again later but this time nothing.

XJT is still hiring through Sept. from what I have heard. Classes of 16 every week has been the norm. No furloughs expected at this time. Chatauqua will only get the aircraft if they are given back to Continental by XJT. If not, the CHQ CAL deal is off. XJT must notify CO by Sept 28 whether they will continue to operate the airplanes elsewhere. Ive heard, XJT mgmt. is working very hard to find work for the planes. So, no furloughes expected at this time. Good luck!

So if XJT keeps those airplanes CHQ drops out of the bid? What would happen to those routes then?

Right now we are stilling hiring at Express. I heard through July they are going to have classes. Always subject to change though. We are currently looking for flying with the 69 airplanes and lots of rumors to where that flying will be. I think whether we keep the planes or not CHQ will still come in and do flying for CAL. CAL really wants some one new in there doing some flying for them.

Or they just plan on replacing those routes with their 737s. I think they are just trying to reduce the number of regional jets in the system and open up more gates for the 737s. We shall see. I feel pretty confident that no one is going to lose a job because of this and the company should be alot better off after this whole thing plays out.

Or they are getting ready for CHQ to bring in the 170's and 190's.

CAL will fly them, drop them out of the system (most of the routes will probably come from CLE which is a dieing hub anyway) or CHQ better find some airframes in a hurry because it sounds like they wont be getting any XJT birds.

XJT made an announcement today - they won't be returning the 69 planes to CAL. I hope they are successful in utilizing these planes and keeping all of their employees employed. For once the management seems to have done the right thing. I am happy the planes didn't go to the lowest bidder. Good luck!

Any ideas what they'll do with the 69 a/c now? Can they seek deals with other legacy carriers or go um "Independent" with those jets?

Here's a link.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/finan...e_down&chan=db

Wouldnt that be something? Seein a major take routes away from the regionals. Even if it was only for a short period of time.

There are several rumors, including the two you mentioned. Understandably, management is staying tight-lipped about it.

Well,
as long as we are talking about rumors, I will start a rumor about some ERJ pilots at another company. I saw yesterday that Mesa took about 20 - 30 CA positions back from previously awarded bids on their ERJ's. Don't know why this is yet, and although I don't fly the ERJ for them It has me wondering why this happened.
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Rumor is a temporary delay in adding several ERJs to the MCO base. Probably has nothing to do with XJet or Chicken Taco, no obvious reason it that it should be related.