|                                                                                                                               Exhibit 10.6(b) |
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**Second Amendment toEmployee Benefits Separation Agreement**

            This Second Amendment to Employee Benefits SeparationAgreement (this “*Amendment*”), dated as of December 9, 2003, is by and among Continental Airlines, Inc., aDelaware corporation (“*Continental*”), ExpressJet Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“*ExpressJetHoldings*”), XJT Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of ExpressJet Holdings(“*XJT Holdings*”), and ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary ofXJT  Holdings (“*ExpressJet Airlines*”).

            WHEREAS, Continental, ExpressJet Holdings, XJT Holdings andExpressJet Airlines, are parties to that certain Employee Benefits Separation Agreement dated as of April 17, 2002 (as amended todate, the “*Separation Agreement*”) and desire to amend the Separation Agreement as more fully set forthherein;

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and othergood and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree asfollows:

A new section, “7.5  Employee Senior Director UATP Benefits,” shall be added to the Separation Agreement andshall read:
|            | “7.5  Employee Senior Director UATP Benefits.  During the period beginning on January 1, 2004 and ending on andincluding the Exclusivity Ending Date, Continental shall use reasonable best efforts to provide to Holdings, upon its request,additional UATP cards with an aggregate annual travel limit of $12,500 for use by employees of Holdings or a Holdings Affiliate onflights operated by Continental or a Continental Affiliate without cost (other than applicable taxes) to such employees or Holdingsor the applicable Holdings Affiliate; provided, however, that any such employees shall hold a position no lower than SeniorDirector (or an equivalent position) and such employees’ rights to use such UATP benefits shall terminate on the date theiremployment with Holdings and all Holdings Affiliates terminates for any reason whatsoever; and provided further that no suchemployee shall receive an annual travel limit higher than $2,500 nor shall any employee receive both Employee Senior DirectorPasses and Employee Senior Director UATP Benefits in the same calendar year.” |
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            Except as specifically amended hereby, the SeparationAgreement shall remain in full force and effect and is ratified in all respects by the parties hereto.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment tobe duly executed as of the date first above written.

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| **CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **EXPRESSJET HOLDINGS, INC.**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|   By:/s/ Jeffery A.Smisek                                                                 |   By:/s/ James B.Ream                                       |
|      Jeffery A. Smisek                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |      James B. Ream                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      Executive Vice President                                                                                                                                                                                                              |      President and Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| **XJT HOLDINGS, INC**.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | **EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC**.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|   By:/s/ James B.Ream                                       |   By:/s/ James B.Ream                                       |
|      James B. Ream                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |      James B. Ream                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      President and Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                 |      President and Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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