Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
It's Delta. They can always find an easy way out. And with 9E not being a public company, there is no one Deta is responsible to when 9E is a privately wholly owned company. They can do whatever they see fit. Past history has shown every single Delta wholly owned regional has been screwed badly. Many 9E pilots have defended the concessions as that they are not the lowest, GoJets is still worse. Well take that fact and ask yourself, if GoJets can still do it cheaper, why have 81 planes end state for 9E?
Bla bla bla, when mesaba went through banruptcy in 05-06 we kept hearing how our core business was going to be 46 Saabs. As soon as we were out guess what? Suddenly we were getting 36 900's You can't take these guys for face value during a bankruptcy process. Especially one that's been choreographed by Northwest as in Mesaba's bankruptcy or Delta in Pinnacle's bankruptcy. They try to paint the worst picture possible. You are correct that history has shown that Delta $hits on their wholly owned regional partners. However, there are several contracts that are up for review in the next several years. And it would be in Delta's best interest to keep Pinnacle alive and well to continue the whipsaw against them. Also, based on Delta's history since the Comair strike it is plain to see that now they don't put all their eggs in one basket. That's why I don't think they'll award all those 900's to Go jets.