GUYS GUYS SETTLE DOWN,,, its not that big a deal. I think its a good idea he stepped down. I think HE did a wonderful job as our MEC chair. Not once did he give in to the pressure of management. The reason i said that it is a good idea is that you can only push someone so much before they just finally say WHATEVER and give up. I personally think he was approaching that point, realized that we still needed someone that would not take sh!t from management, and saw it in our best intrest (and his) to step down. i don't think this will extend negotiations any further than they were going to be in the first place. Wake did an excellent job, i am proud of him, and i think he made a good decision to let some fresh people pick up the fight where he left off. And as anyone who works at pinnacle knows,, there is not one pilot here willing to settle for anything less than a GOOD contract!!

On a side note i just listened to the conference call and it is exactly what i said would happen. "We need to get a contract soon so we don't lose the planes to NWA" hahahaha FOOOLLLSSS. the date is already past, so what is nwa going to go retroactive now if we sign a contract in a couple days???? HE LL NO!!!!