Originally Posted by Timbo

Sink r8, be careful what you ask for! Remember, Express was composed of formerly MAINLINE 737-200's, that we then took a huge PAY CUT, to keep, only because Mo'Ron threatened to sell them, just like he did the DC9's in 1993. So, yeah, we kept the airframes, but at a huge pay cut and a two year lock on if you bid Capt. on it.

Meanwhile, all those Mainline 737-200 Captains and F/O's, in CVG, ATL and DFW, were DISPLACED off of it, as it was put into Express in MCO. I was just about to bid Capt. on the 737 in CVG when that all went down, so I remember it well, and how I moved backwards in the right seat of the MD 11 for the next several years, as with every displacement bid those former 737 Capt.s come onto the right seat of the MD 11.

So if tomorrow, Richard says, "Hey, we want to start a new, Low Cost Airline in Orlando, and we are going to use our MD 88's and we are going to pay the Capt.s $100/hr..."

Would you (any of you) vote yes to that?

That's about what happened with Express and POS 96, which I voted NO to.