Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Delta did not force Pinnacle into bankruptcy. Pinnacle management underbid GoJets, SkyWest, Expressjet, Mesa / Freedom, and Eagle to obtain their flying in 2010/2011. Jerry Atkin said it plainly enough, "at those prices we lose money." With Pinnacle's bid they obtained the the "best of the best" title from GoJets from Delta's very fickle, "what have you done for me lately," express airline management. Pinnacle worked themselves into bankruptcy by agreeing to a contract which hurt everyone else in the industry, meanwhile your group negotiated short lived raises. Your airline was in bankruptcy because of your airline's management and their greed.

However Pinnacle left too large a hole in the network to vanish and Delta had just committed to somewhere around 2 Billion in new NextGen RJ's which your pilots are already operating ... the idea that your airline was going away was specious.

Your group did not pause for a minute when they negotiated to take the preferential interview provisions which existed to benefit ALPA members who had actually lost their jobs (ie Comair) and give these provisions to your senior six figure earning employed Captains, so that you could enjoy progression into the bright shiny new equipment your agreement committed to you.

I am against my union being manipulated to take help away from those who actually need it and trade it for concessions so you enjoy progession.