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Originally Posted by tennisguru (Post 1022437)

SureJet has meaning and history. It has a proud heritage of keeping people dry and smelling fresh...

Good point I stand corrected.. haha. One better have some SureJet if on a 50 in August.

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Originally Posted by BassFishr (Post 1022429)

I'm not buying your analogy. The name is even hard to say phonetically. Why must we even change our name? Atlantic Southeast bought ExpressJet. Should Delta have changed their name, should SouthWest, Pinnacle? Maybe instead of re-branding us every couple years put those resources into improving our airline. Now our name and operation is a joke.
P.S... Delta's name came from their roots of cropdusting in the Louisiana Delta, not urinals. It has meaning and history.

Don't gotta buy my analogy. Just thought I would help you see things a little differently. Seems that a few people including yourself are extremely bothered by this name change. I'm pretty sure most of the people that are totally wrapped around the axle on this name change will continue to work for the airline. So the faster you get over it, the better your QOL will be.

I'm not convinced that they are going to reconsider changing the name to something everyone on APC could agree with. So acceptance might be the only option here. Unless you have another job lined up and are willing to jump ship. I myself see it an easier option to just hang out until something better comes along. But that's just me.

Just a little correction on your facts. ASA didn't purchase XJT. Skywest Inc. is now the proud owner of the former XJT. Not Skywest airlines, but Skywest Inc. They decided to take two of their wholly owned airlines and merge the two operating certificates. So why would it be fair to take one name over the other since ASA itself did not acquire XJT. Just a little food for thought.

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Originally Posted by XJT Pilot (Post 1022326)

is my check still gona show up? Not SURE after this debacle...what a total failure from our management hell, Hanley your a bigger dope then I feared, sorry dude I know he's your dad but Dang! (his son actually works for XJT) you need to talk to your old man

Why does everyone blame this on Holt? What about Atkins? I bet he had a say in it. After all he is the CEO of Skywest INC. Usually makes good business decisions.

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Originally Posted by BassFishr (Post 1022429)

ASA did not buy XJT! SkyWest bought ExpressJet Holdings for $133 million. Not sure why so many here at ASA think we bought XJT. We don't have any money...

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Originally Posted by afterburn81 (Post 1022442)

Just a little correction on your facts. ASA didn't purchase XJT. Skywest Inc. is now the proud owner of the former XJT. Not Skywest airlines, but Skywest Inc. They decided to take two of their wholly owned airlines and merge the two operating certificates. So why would it be fair to take one name over the other since ASA itself did not acquire XJT. Just a little food for thought.

Semantics, dude. But if you want to play the anal retentive game, ExpressJet was acquired by Atlantic Southeast Airlines Inc., and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ASA. But it's really irrelevant to the name debate/debacle.

"SureJet" is an embarrassment and a slap in the face of the 10,000 employees of the combined ASA. Just when you thought morale couldn't get any worse...

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Originally Posted by CRJDriver (Post 1022450)

ASA did not buy XJT! SkyWest bought ExpressJet Holdings for $133 million. Not sure why so many here at ASA think we bought XJT. We don't have any money...

Ya Ya Ya. You're right. This horse has been beat. We SkyWest/ASA/Atlantic Southeast bought Express. I think the ASA side can take some credit, we were after all making some money that goes into SKW's pockets (keyword were).

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Originally Posted by atrdriver (Post 1022451)

C'mon really. I'm not even going to add to that.

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By Kelly Yamanouchi
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlantic Southeast Airlines is buying Houston-based ExpressJet Holdings in a deal that could bring more jobs to ASA's Atlanta headquarters.

Atlantic Southeast parent SkyWest Inc. announced the deal Wednesday, saying ASA will buy ExpressJet Holdings Inc. for about $6.75 per share -- a nearly 106 percent premium over the price at Tuesday's close.

etc etc etc

This just in...........

Surejet name has been canned!

That is all, let the applause commence.

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Originally Posted by krisma (Post 1022462)

This just in...........

Surejet name has been canned!

That is all, let the applause commence.

Best. News. Ever.