Skywest...

You know what, we need not to worry about this anymore. Tomorrow things are going to turn around. Gas will go down $20, airlines will start hiring more, and people will stop complaining about cancelled flights. :sarcasm:
 
How did you guys get this bitter in such a short amount of time? I'm not trying to stir the pot but you guys sounds like you've been at this for 40 years and someone is taking your life away. Talk to folks that have been at 8 airlines in there career and it might put things in prospective. Yeah it sucks that you might be losing your job but the pilots on either side had nothing to do with it.
 
surreal1221 said:
Careful, don't let a pilot think he/she had no control over this now.
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LOL..

The reality is SkyWest can buy Express with or without the union's consent. The difference is, if they buy them without consent they'd have to oblige by the provisions in the CBA unless they totally absolved ExpressJet and moved their assets to SkyWest. Such a move's legality would come into question by ALPA I am sure.
 
meritflyer said:
LOL..

The reality is SkyWest can buy Express with or without the union's consent. The difference is, if they buy them without consent they'd have to oblige by the provisions in the CBA unless they totally absolved ExpressJet and moved their assets to SkyWest. Such a move's legality would come into question by ALPA I am sure.
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Bingo, which was the point I was trying to make, albeit poorly.

My opinion, and this is just an opinion, is that the board found a price that they'd sell for, and sent it to the union to try to get it through. If this is true, and let's run with this here for a second, then doesn't the board speak for the shareholders in proxy? Therefor, if the board was going to sell, and they're doing it in the interests of and representing the shareholders, wouldn't that mean the shareholders wanted it?

I've always been kinda curious how that one worked.
 
Well considering that CAL said if the buyout doesn't happen Xjt will lose ALL cal flying within 2 years how can xjt pilots think this is good news? It just puts JA and skywest into a position to take over the flying anyway but have it done by skywest pilots instead of xjt pilots like the orinigal buyout plan was for.
 
jtrain609 said:
Bingo, which was the point I was trying to make, albeit poorly.

My opinion, and this is just an opinion, is that the board found a price that they'd sell for, and sent it to the union to try to get it through. If this is true, and let's run with this here for a second, then doesn't the board speak for the shareholders in proxy? Therefor, if the board was going to sell, and they're doing it in the interests of and representing the shareholders, wouldn't that mean the shareholders wanted it?

I've always been kinda curious how that one worked.
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That's very possible J.

I've seen situations where bids were made public and others where it was kept behind closed doors. If the deal completely falls through, it's typically released to the public via a PR.

*Usually* shareholders are kept in the loop and bids are made very public though.


Guess there's only one way to find out.. Wait.
 
While not correct, XJT stands a tough chance in today's market without CAL's love.

The potential losses XJT could/will encounter is not a pleasing number.

If DL elects to not renew the CPA, there could be 20+ frames.

When CAL pulls the 51 jets as they stated they would.

Branded's pull down or closure could leave 30-40 frames out of work.

Essentially, over 100 frames are at risk at XJT. Some are at immediate risk, others are not. Either way. The company is not in a good position any way you decide to spin it.
 
No spin here... just correcting his statement.

Just as you conjecture with your "If/when" statements... there are many potential outcomes.

This environment is constantly changing. Nothing is set in stone... and we should not plan our future based on another company's perceptions of where "we" will be in the future... which as of yet... is unwritten.

Bob
 
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