Originally Posted by
bored
Mesaba was profitable when it landed in Ch11, thanks to NWA. Then, 1113c hearings for a year with the company proposal nearly imposed more than once. In the end, the company spent more money litigating than it got in slashing our contracts. None of it made sense, just hold on for the ride.
There was a much bigger picture involved. Aligning things for the NWA/Delta merger was 1, another was the effect cutting Mesaba's contract had on the overall average of the regional industry. Just as the current bankruptcy is being used to ask for a great overreaching to put us at or below Goatjets. Then they can become expendable as we become the new bottom for others' negotiations. We are being used as a weapon against the entire industry. Make no mistake Delta is pulling on several of the strings now for its interests, not ours or even Pinnacle's