Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Where did I say I'm proving I made the right decision? I'm pointing out lies that were spread to dupe you into voting yes. The only way a 9E FO will get hired at Delta is if he/she upgrades at 9E and goes through the SSP program. It seems from the posters above who went to WIA, Captain Arnie has already made it clear at the WIA conference that anyone at 9E will have to go through the SSP and wait their turn. No cutting any lines. As for the FOs, the response is still "you have a bridge program" which means no FO will be hired outside the SSP agreement.
And 9E would have been around regardless of voting yes. If Delta wanted 9E gone, it would be gone regardless of what concessions were voted in or not. You said you wanted to keep your job, at what point what you say a paycut is too much that you wouldn't do your job? How about 30/hr for a RJ CA and $20/hr for RJ FO? Would that still be worth "saving" and having a job? To be honest, a topped out 37/hr FO job isn't worth saving, not when you can make the same (or greater) at other regionals like SkyWest.
You never said you wanted to prove that you made the right decision, but your post count on Pinnacle threads makes it pretty clear. You just want the reassurance that you wouldn't have ended up at Delta if you stayed at Pinnacle. What are you going to post on the Pinnacle threads when half of your peers in your old seniority range at Pinnacle are at Delta?
There is not much of a difference in the chance of a FO getting hired at Delta from Pinnacle or another airline. The chance is very slight in all cases, but at least at Pinnacle FOs can fill 1/3 of the required Pinnacle quota. Outside of the Mesaba flow, Compass flow and Pinnacle bridge agreement there are not going to be very many pilots from other airlines (let alone FOs) hired at Delta for a while -- at least a Pinnacle FO has a slight chance. Where as all pilots from other airlines are competing for a very small number of jobs, there will likely be no FO's hired.
You said you wanted to keep your job
Where did I say that? If you are having difficulty reading my posts then you have no creditability when it comes to the details of the bridge agreement. I'm not trying to be a douche but let's get the facts straight here. Again, it seems like you are just posting to put your mind at ease with your decision to leave Pinnacle, just in case something good happens to the Pinnacle pilot group (a job at Delta for 25% of the group or a staple).