Originally Posted by
Fly782
How about quit pointing fingers and accept the fact that everyone contributed in some way. It is a merged company, so EVERYONE was invovled. Some examples: 9E had a contract that was losing money, Phil had destroyed the companies financials, the stupid HQ move, many XJ managers went over before the BK ( May or may not contributed, everyone views their performance differently), as well as brought over many high longevity pilots. None of those things helped the BK happen? Strictly Colgan, eh?
I agree with you, it wasn't Colgan. In fact, it wasn't any pilot's fault in any of the three airlines. Phil was trying to make Pinnacle less dependant on Northwest, and now Delta. And He and Starky made some bad business decisions. I feel the blame extends beyond Pinnacle management. For example: why did Delta sell Pinnacle Mesaba when Colgan and the Pinnacle 900's were loosing money? Especially since the 200's and Saabs had targets on them. We will never know all the metrics involved, but all of this whichever way it goes now will benifit Delta. Either they get to park all their 200's from one carrier, or they get to set a new low for future whipsawing who's left. It will be a win win regardles. Lets face it, they are shrewder at Delta than Phil and the gang, and they always get what they want. Has anyone ever wondered why het got such a huge severence?