Originally Posted by
Schwartz
You don't seem to get what I had in my previous posts. I don't have anything against you personally and don't forget that what happens at NWA/XJ/CP and soon to be Comair has an effect on all of us. I posted about CP here because it was brought up and was very relevant to the topic being discussed.
There are limits in the NWA/DAL JPWA as to how many overgrown RJs can be operated under the DL code. If CP is sold that's OK as long as the Flow down/up remains unchanged. If that goes away then the number of 76 seat jets they are allowed to operate under the DL code is reduced by 35 (i.e., they can't just replace those airplanes with others types/companies). If CP is sold it absolutely DOES NOT magically trigger 54 additional A/C to Mesaba, either under NWA contract language or JPWA language. It sounds like you are going off NWA contract language which allows a "lower cap" of 55 51 to 76 seat RJs and an "upper cap" of 90. If CP is sold under NWA contract language it does open the door for up to 19 more RJs for XJ (or who ever NWA feels like), not 54. The reason for this is because the "lower cap" would then apply, allowing only 55 RJs to be configured to 51 to 76 seats. If you would like to do some of your own research I have all of the applicable documents. Let's not turn this into a "mine is (insert adjective here)" contest please.
Fair enough. You make a convincing argument. I, too, have nothing against you or Compass, after all Compass did offer me a job last year but I chose Mesaba. It's entertaining for us to speculate what will happen in the future but at the end of the day, they are just that, pure speculations. When the future is uncertain, pilots tend to get carried away. If any of our posts made anyone at Compass anxious, that certainly was not intended.
On a positive note, NWA appears to be building up both Compass and Mesaba by adding new destinations every month. If NWA can manage to avoid furloughing pilots (by all accounts NWA maybe able to avoid furloughs by making early buyouts of senior NWA CAs), Compass pilots appears to be in a solid position even after the merger.