Cool story, they tried and the court told them to pound sand... These extreme concessions are not required, that's when Delta stepped in and said take this or WE will shut you down bypassing the court. Management would have gotten concessions out of the pilot group and they would have been deep the company wasn't going to get an even worse working conditions that what they got, I think what Delta offered would have been turned down by the court as well, hence the gun to the head. This is more than Pinnacle cost, this is about driving the whole industry down, one regional at a time.


Really, how come they told the MECs that they needed concessions to just tell them that they need time to study the parameters. The company is stalling to see what concessions US Airways is going to extract from Eagle/PSA and whomever they settle on next. It's a never ending cycle. Also having a contract means sh!t these days. Tell me a regional who has a contract that hasn't passed an amendment date. Pinnacle? Horizon? That the only regionals that come to mind. Eagle/PSA/PDT all have contracts that are less than 6 months old and are being asked for concessions. Even if you had a contract, you would have had an email read very similar to the one you got today.