Originally Posted by
Avroman
Minor corrections; the Colgan Beech 1900's were already long gone by the beginning of the merger, but the 16 Pinnacle CRJ900's were parked early on in the merger.
I believe the 900's went to ASA, and I know several of the CRJ-200's ended up at SkyWest. The Q400's tried to go to Republic but couldn't be staffed and some are still sitting unused in YYZ. Some of the Saabs ended up at Silver, some are sitting in BGR.
Last I saw Endeavor is about 1600 pilots now. The pilots have paid a very heavy price for the recent pay gains.
So you're telling me that all of those planes did in fact leave the fleet at some point and the pilot group did dissolve quickly from 3,000 to 1,800 (at some point)?
I was Pinnacle not Mesaba (Avroman). Colgan was purchased before Mesaba came into the mix, so yes I was around for the B1900's leaving. I said nothing about the merger in my timeframe (OP), because everything was in flux for years with the purchase of 2 Airlines (Colgan & Mesaba). I don't GAF where the planes went to. They left the fleet that's all that matters. Throw in the additional 16 CRJ 900's lost that Pinnacle purchased for Delta flying in ATL.
I was a part of that Pilot group as well, so I'm certainly familiar with the prices that were paid. Wish you guys the best!