Originally Posted by
zondaracer
yup, pretty much. This way, United can own a minority share of Expressjet. The FA contract at United says that if United is a majority share of a regional airline, then the FAs at said airline will be under the mainline FA contract. This would make a majority owned regional expensive.
Z,
Sounds like it. Here's an article explaining the shell game. Too early to know what it means for the relationship between UAL and XJT pilots:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...enture-454518/
Last edited by bafanguy; 18th Dec 2018 at 22:29.