ExpressJet and SkyWest?

[bc2209]

I thought that SkyWest had purchased ExpressJet and had merged the two companies into SkyWest.

However, I still see ExpressJet recruitment facebook posts all the time. Are they two different companies?

 

[flymike]

Plot twist.... they are two different companies, with 3 pilot groups.

 

[ShyFlyer]

SkyWest, Inc. bought ExpressJet. Then, SkyWest, Inc. bought ASA. Then, SkyWest, Inc decided to merge ExpressJet and ASA and call the "new" airline SureJet. "Hilarity" insued. It was then decided to call the airline ExpressJet. So, in summary, SkyWest, Inc. is the parent of SkyWest & ExpressJet.

 

[bc2209]

SkyWest, Inc. bought ExpressJet. Then, SkyWest, Inc. bought ASA. Then, SkyWest, Inc decided to merge ExpressJet and ASA and call the "new" airline SureJet. "Hilarity" insued. It was then decided to call the airline ExpressJet. So, in summary, SkyWest, Inc. is the parent of SkyWest & ExpressJet.

True story about SureJet?

 

[rockman2343@aol.com]

True story about SureJet?

Yeah, I remember that

 

[bc2209]

Yeah, I remember that

Hahahahaha I totally thought that was just a made up joke here on Jetcareers.

 

[Lee D]

True story about SureJet?

Yes. Even the SkyWest pilot group collectively gagged when they announced the name. The idea lasted about a week, Then cooler heads prevailed and they ultimately kept the Express Jet name.

 

[Lee D]

I thought that SkyWest had purchased ExpressJet and had merged the two companies into SkyWest.

However, I still see ExpressJet recruitment facebook posts all the time. Are they two different companies?

Two different airlines and pilot groups that both fall under the SkyWest Inc. umbrella.

 

[Cloud Surfer]

Sometimes management can conjure up the dumbest ideas....

 

[Blackhawk]

SkyWest, Inc. bought ExpressJet. Then, SkyWest, Inc. bought ASA. Then, SkyWest, Inc decided to merge ExpressJet and ASA and call the "new" airline SureJet. "Hilarity" insued. It was then decided to call the airline ExpressJet. So, in summary, SkyWest, Inc. is the parent of SkyWest & ExpressJet.

Ummm... You really messed that up.
SkyWest purchased ASA in 2005.
Technically, ASA purchased Expressjet in 2010- the merger of the two was intended from the get go which is why SkyWest had ASA purchase Expressjet. I think they assumed merging the two pilot groups would not be a big deal. Silly rabbit.

 

[Blackhawk]

Two different airlines and pilot groups that both fall under the SkyWest Inc. umbrella.

No, one airline with two pilot groups.

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

New paint job.

 

[Blackhawk]

New paint job.



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Yeah. I got real excited when that email hit the inbox.

 

[Blackhawk]

I heard all the Surejet stuff, t-shirts, coffee mugs, pens, etc was secretly buried in a landfill outside of Alamogordo. Someday the stuff will be gold.

 

[ShyFlyer]

SkyWest purchased ASA in 2005.
Technically, ASA purchased Expressjet in 2010-

Thanks. Its kind of difficult to follow the merger soap operas from the sidelines.

 

[BobDDuck]

No, one airline with two pilot groups.

The DOT would beg to differ. Otherwise the single carrier status petition would have gone somewhere.

 

[Blackhawk]

The DOT would beg to differ. Otherwise the single carrier status petition would have gone somewhere.

What are the two airlines? I only see Expressjet.

 

[Blackhawk]

"new ExpressJet Airlines is created after corporate merger is completed on Jan. 1, 2012."

http://www.expressjet.com/media/history/

 

[Blackhawk]

"On November 22, 2011, both ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Airlines achieved a single operating certificate that allowed them to operate as one carrier."

 

[BobDDuck]

What are the two airlines? I only see Expressjet.

Ah. I was referencing Skywest Airlines and ExpressJet.

I'd agree that "ASA" and "ExpressJet" are in fact just one airline (with two separate seniority lists).