I smell a merger or buyout maybe I should get my app in at the NEW REPUBLIC or Skywest.

Nothing has changed since the last attempt they would still have to merge the lists and Skywest did not want to do that.

Yeah some of you guys forget that a simple buyout or merger scenario involving XJT would require that acquiring company to merge (not staple) the seniority list as per the XJT ALPA CBA. SkyWest wanted us to waive that right, we politely said no thanks :)

why would anyone buy a company like xjt... for the contract with CAL?

There is no incentive to pay for a senior and expensive work force, a contract that will be put out to bid in 5 years, and lots of overhead. We wont dissappear and will probably exist in 10 years but we could be a fraction of our former self in numbers.