SkyWest Had Made Hostile $3.50/Share Bid For ExpressJet

[XPOO]

How much money will XJT lose next quarter? The offer only stands to go DOWN from here. I'm out. Have fun hashing out your differences on FI.

 

[amcnd]

How much money will XJT lose next quarter? The offer only stands to go DOWN from here. I'm out. Have fun hashing out your differences on FI.

I'm with you I'm out!! good luck.. Think hard about it before you go and Bash SkyWest. SkyWest is a solid future. Branded and no CAL feed is not. Will SkyWest come in and change things.."yes" will they kick you on the street "NO".. Look 10 years down the road not 1 year.. If anything they will get you more flying. SkyWest inc. has solid contracts with UAL and DAL I'm sure they got a sweet deal with CAL for you. But if thats not what you want then good luck!! I'm out!!

 

[Bako Cap]

amcnd is right. I know it looks scary right now, but this is a good thing for the future of the Xjet pilot group. If you want ONELIST there are other ways of obtaining that goal. This is not that time. If the Xjet pilot group wants to play hardball, then Xjet will die over the next 4 years (or less!!!!!) and ASA/SkyWest pilots will expand and fill in the gaps. Or, the Xjet group can be more than welcomed into the Inc. fold and be players in the future.

 

[ewrjet]

There is no way SKW gets relief from these sections of our CBA. I can't speak for others here, but I would rather see a slow death for XJT than be a link in Jerry's whipsaw chaingang for the next ? years. No fugging way. You want to buy the orange, you get the peel too.

How the hell do you know that? You would rather see a slow death then possibly be part of something with the potential to be stable and profitable?

Personally, I'm tired of worrying about getting a new CPA with CAL. I say let's keep an open mind and see what Uncle Jerry has to offer. Stop thinking with your balls and use your head.

 

[Popeye0537]

amcnd is right. I know it looks scary right now, but this is a good thing for the future of the Xjet pilot group. If you want ONELIST there are other ways of obtaining that goal. This is not that time. If the Xjet pilot group wants to play hardball, then Xjet will die over the next 4 years (or less!!!!!) and ASA/SkyWest pilots will expand and fill in the gaps. Or, the Xjet group can be more than welcomed into the Inc. fold and be players in the future.

I can't wait until Republic comes in and back doors Skywest with a higher offer.

Shouldn't you guys be at temple or something??

Long live Express Jet/Chautauqua Airlines!!

 

[ewrjet]

I can't wait until Republic comes in and back doors Skywest with a higher offer.

Shouldn't you guys be at temple or something??

Long live Express Jet!!

Idiot! I hope you don't really work at Express.

 

[BankAccount=0$]

I don't think that the issue here is SKYW owning XJT, the issue is that they want to change the very thing that protects our jobs here at XJT. It is quite possible that in 4-5 years XJT will no longer be flying for CAL or maybe even be in business thus negating our "job security", but it's a hard sell to believe that everything will be left exactly as it is when the first thing a potential suitor says is "well we'll have to alter your contract to make this thing work". It's the CAL flying that SkyWest is after not the XJT pilot group. Most XJT pilots know that, and they are not going to give the relief to SKYW management without a solid contractual right to not be played against another pilot group. The scope clause isn't part of our contract by accident.

 

[trip]

I can't wait until Republic comes in and back doors Skywest with a higher offer.

Shouldn't you guys be at temple or something??

Long live Express Jet/Chautauqua Airlines!!

Ego doing the talk, failing airline not doing the walk!

 

[Whydoitry]

Again, I ask, what is the rush? Why now? Is there some impending doom right around the corner that none of us can see? The earliest airframes go away is Dec of 2009. CAL is going to announce the merger with UAL next week. Maybe we should just see where this is going. This is not a bash at anyone, but is this how you guys handle emergencies in flight? Personally I like to evaluate the situation and not just react to the situation.

 

[ERJFO]

Your scope stops SkyWest from flying for UAL if CAL buys them. Or maybe E120 out of LAX or IAH again. It's to restrictive. What if SkyWest decides to buy another CAL feeder in 5 years?? What then?? XJT can't have it all... XTJ is backed in a corner with not to many ways out...Good luck.

We aren't just going to give up our scope (CBA 1/Letter 1) but I don't think we'd have any problem negotiating it away for something else.

One list with SkyWest, DOH, keep our pilot on our contract untill we have a union vote, and you can have our scope...