Originally Posted by Dude

Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I spent a cumulative of 3 years on reserve at Mesaba. I was hired in early 2004, spent the first year on reserve, another 6 months on build up, made it to the left hand column of the bid package and then the bankruptcy hit. I was displaced all the way down to the bottom of the seniority list where I wallowed for almost a year. I stopped bidding after a while because I never got what I wanted. It was always high speed reserve. I came within a nut hair of being furloughed but somehow I made it. Now I’m just enjoying life at the top. Lesson here is nothing in this industry is peaches and cream. I’m just glad we’re not furloughing again like so many other regionals are doing. And not to sound too pessimistic, but if you think we are going to get more 900’s beyond what we have already been awarded, be prepared to be asked for concessions. It’s the name of the game with this management group. Rant over….