Originally Posted by
mooney
There would have been riots in the streets and most 9e peeps would have tarred and feathered them if they pushed DOH.
Originally Posted by
gojo
Really??? why was that. Could it be that there was terrible communication between the merger committee and the pilot group? I can't imagine that the merger committee actually thought that they could get something better by bullying Block. They should've explained the dangers of pursuing a staple or whatever the h$ll they were trying to do and the fact the a staple or anything close to a staple is rarely used and try to educate the pilot group. Instead they pushed for the impossible and at the end made Block the bad guy
nice way to put words in my mouth and completely misinterpret my post. All I said was most Pinnacle guys I know, including myself, would have been severely hurt by DOH. Several hundred numbers in my case. Especially those in the 8-13 year group or so. Read my original post again and see where I even mentioned a staple or any other method.
On a side note, I always find it funny when the majority of the pilot group, with regards to the ISL or a contract, tells the ISL guys "shoot for the stars, no mercy" ( including the large number that were vocally pro-staple) and when they do that and the arbitration doesn't go their way they suddenly say "you guys asked for way too much!!!!! are you crazy!!!"
The only people that made it out safe were the top 2% on the XJ and 9E lists, and most of the Colgan list. The majority of mid level 9e, and especially XJ guys, really took it in the rear. I don't dispute that point.