Originally Posted by
Space Monkey
Well as for screw everyone else.... Don't forget who bought who..... Also management keeps commiting to buy more Q400's for them and in this case the additional 400's are comming from 9E profits that I and all my fellow 9E pilots have worked out bal!s of to make these last few years and have not seen any benefits from. Now if the Colgan pilots want to join ALPA and join our seniority list then fine so be it. But in the mean time I say screw'em all flying above 36 seats goes to 9E and all jets go to 9E end of story.
So you expect a group of pilots to vote in a group to represent them that states that its primary goal is to limit their growth to only the planes they presently fly? That's just stupid. Give them time. The cards are in the mail and I'm positive it will pass. But with talk like yours you could scare some people as to what an ALPA vote could bring (or take away).
Further, while PNCL is providing the financing, lest you forget, Colgan holds the contract for the flying. Those shiny 400's wouldn't do 9E any good without anyone to fly them for. Colgan got that contract because of their current relationship with CO in spite of not being the lowest bidder.