Originally Posted by
Truman_Sparks
Ignorant....Bring it on! I'll compare our OLD contract against yours any day...not to mention the new one we're about to sign. I'll bet you anything you got that you take a cheap rate to 'get them on the property, or grow your little baby!' Everybody knows Pinnacle bid those planes at the thinnest of margins to win the flying, something Skywest refuses to do. See, thin margins are bad business in the long run. (See Mesa). So, your management needs you to fly them for cheap in the wort way to eeke out any profit at all. So expect to get beat up on those rates.....
As I said...enjoy!
Our contract was signed at the begging of 2000. we did nothing to get those planes, we dont have payrates for them, they will be assigned by the arbitrator based on all 900 rates in the country, so the only way we will get beat up on the rates is if everyone elses rates suck. we didn't take concessions to win the delta contract, we aren't taking concessions to keep it (hence the almost 3 years without a contract), so dont get your panties in a bunch. we are just 2 years behind you guys as far as contract negotiations go (we will probably surpass you at the rate we are going).. as you can see every thing you said in your post is incorrect. you obviously didn't do your homework assignment... like i said go read my posts, then we can talk.