Originally Posted by
frmrdashtrash
Somebody has to cover your flying. I don't doubt Delta would use PCL shutting down to drop some of the 50 seat lift, but not all of it. Delta will hand out more money to keep the operation going. It's the cheapest thing to do in the short term. Absolutely no reason to hand back 5% of your money guaranteed in a contract that took 5+ years to negotiate.
Nope, according to Mesaba and Colgan, it only took 90 days of joined contract negotiations. They refused to walk with us in a picket as well. Rest assured, only the original 9E group will have the coined term "5 years of negotiations was ENOUGH!"