Originally Posted by
Delta1067
Bar, you simply don't get it. You make it sound like Delta went to some random DCI carrier and said...."Hey, if you guys sell out and take huge pay cuts we will give you guaranteed interviews". The 9E pay cuts or shut down was coming regardless. The pilot group had very little if any bargaining power.
Delta is investing 2.3 Billion into Pinnacle. *Aside from the 737-900 purchase, that is more capital expenditure than Delta is spending on Delta! Delta was down to the last two large DCI carriers (after having destroyed their others BTW). They needed GoJets plus one to force SkyWest to be reasonable.
Did Comair really go out of business while it's parent company made 1.6 Billion? Is GoJets really the "best regional airline" in 2011-2012 ? Was ASA and Comair "deserving" of a 500 airplane order just prior to Contract 2000 ?
When things make no rational economic sense there has to be another factor which is influencing the market. The boom and bust in the express airline world is due in large part to the fact that "we" collectively as a union allow management to whipsaw these carriers against one another to destroy employees' careers.
Zombies do not exist in the real world.