Originally Posted by
Mesabah
What reason would that be? Since Pinnacle is about to become a subsidy of Delta, the only way to terminate the Bridge agreement would be a Delta bankruptcy, or a coordinated job action on the part of Pinnacle pilots. That provision you reference above is in there so Pinnacle pilots don't strike and hold Delta hostage with that 81 aircraft scope. It covers no other reason of termination, i.e. performance numbers, cash on hand, etc.
edit: there is one other scenario that voids the bridge agreement, and that is complete scope recapture of all 76 seat RJs to mainline.
Dude, you are full of it!
Have you read the contract yourself?
From a law perspective: the contract is so lengthy, so wordy, and filled with so many loopholes, that it virtually allows Delta to do whatever they want. The longer contracts are, the more loopholes. The shorter they are, the less loopholes.
Example, the current contract for Pinnacle to fly CRJ-200's for many years into the future was just broken. The contracts were designed to give Delta control. They hold the cards.
Things are playing out EXACTLY like ComAir.....and now ComAir's CEO, is going to be running the show.
Hmmmmmmmm............