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Old 10th Dec 2017, 10:01
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Originally Posted by VH DSJ
ExpressJet is owned by SkyWest but there is talk that United might be interested in buying it. Whether this translates to a flow of pilots from XJT to UA mainline, it’s anybody’s guess.
VH DSJ,

Correct. There is already an XJT-UAL "pathway" program but all that glitters is not gold. Read the FAQs at the bottom of the page for the differences for CRJ vs ERJ "XJT" pilots:

https://www.expressjet.com/careers/p...athway-program

UAL has certainly hired more XJT pilots than DL, for example. The last time I saw hard data from XJT, it was a 2:1 ratio. Maybe now that DL has dumped XJT, that'll change...or maybe not.
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