Originally Posted by
dontsurf
i'm sick of all these threads on here about this nonsense. i haven't seen one person say that they even want us to buy expressjet, and yet these expressjet guys on here (and only on here...no one i know that works at expressjet is saying anything remotely like the bile that gets spewed on here) keep saying that "we" are threatening "you" with various things, trying to get you to "give in" to "our" offer. and yet we don't even want the buyout to go through! get it straight! if there's any skywest pilot (other than slaphappy, if he actually does work for skywest) that wants skywest inc. to buy expressjet at all, post here please because i haven't read anyone saying that. i, as a skywest pilot, am stating quite specifically, as i have many times, that i do not want skywest to buy expressjet.
True. But imagine if you had one of those pesky things called a CBA that contained some language that would deal with such a situation if SKW's management wanted to pursue acquisition of another carrier. If SKW's management wanted to play hardball and go the hostile takeover route, well, that's the way it would be.
But at least if there was a CBA containing scope/merger language in place at SKW, BOTH pilot groups would have somewhat of a chance to obtain some equity in the deal. Now, we've all seen how that doesn't work out so well on some cases, but NONE of the most recent really apply to this situation, yet.
So instead of a complete windfall for one group and the other getting bent over, as it would be now. There MIGHT actually be something a little more fair to BOTH groups in the end.