Originally Posted by
jayray2
I've wondered also if Delta is behind this mess, but Pinnacle is their own entity with their own stock holders. If Pinnacles starts to lose 200s this place is over, it will sink as the pilot cost rise above those of Comair. Bigger is better and more profitable in this market, Pinnacle is not going to shrink to profitability. I just don't see how Delta can be pulling the strings on this, as much as they would like to get rid of the 200s they still need them for the time being. Even if they could get rid of all of them tomorrow they couldn't physically do it, all their international customers need a way to get to their hubs.
Pinnacle to be dropped as a carrier for Delta due to performance......then it doesn't happen....a short while later they buy an airline from Delta for a song and a dance. An airline that has many planes and a flow Delta didn't want. Then pinnacle gives in rather quickon a pilot contract, in comparison to their history of pilot contracts, only to file bk a few months later. I don't know, sounds legit to me.
