Originally Posted by
Airsupport
no jet i dont think that is what he is saying. look at it this way. it was the pinnacle pilots scope clause that was violated. if the company wanted to grow they should have done it with the pinnacle pilots they had a contract with. instead their attempt to whipsaw us and move our jobs to another airline has been defeated (supposedly right).
I thought the way the Q came to Colgan was that Continental approached Colgan, and initially Colgan turned it down because they lacked the capital to aquire the aircraft. The offer on the table from Continental was what sparked Pinnacle's interest in Colgan in the first place. If that's true, it's not clear that Pinnacle would've had the opportunity in the first place, since Continental may have approached another airline with the opportunity instead. Hence the aquisition.