Originally Posted by
FlyingKat
Remove Pinnacle, insert Comair and the same thing was being said 10 years ago. Look at Delta's history, look at the history of this management team. The best thing for Pinnacle and its employees is to get sold or spun off as quickly as possible to get away from Delta ownership. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Delta has a large portfolio of carriers to drive costs down. It works and has made millions for Mother Delta while devastating the regional industry. They're not about to ditch a concept that has made them so much money and worked so well for their bottom line.
Delta needed to stabilize Pinnacle because they could not replace its feed overnight. Now that PCL is stabilized, either it gets sold or pieced out.
This is apples to oranges to what happened to Comair. The same could be said for Delta management. They were able to back us into a corner and get 12 year captain and 4 year FO rate caps. I love how you know it alls just look at what you want to see instead of looking at the whole picture