Originally Posted by
Jack Bauer
How many jets could have been reduced by not salvaging Pinnacle/Endeavor? Seems there are other ways these 50 seat obligations (many under contracts approaching their expiration date) could have been reduced. You choose to propagate the management solution which is not the most beneficial outcome for Delta mainline pilots.
So please tell me that if Pinnacle/Endeavor had liquidated, how many RJ's would Delta still have had ownership responsibility for? Hint: the answer was in the bankruptcy disclosures, and it was 141 CRJ-200 and 41 CRJ-900. PCL was only obligated to 16 CRJ-900, and those along with the former Colgan Q400 were the first aircraft they rejected in court. Oh, and tell me what Delta would have looked like with the loss of 1/3 of DCI over the summer...I think they were about 8% of our domestic network.
You choose to ignore reality. Your view would have not been the most beneficial outcome for Delta mainline pilots.