Originally Posted by
The Juice
Your idea is naive at best if you think that if PNCL Corp had not purchased Colgan and the Q's you would be sitting on an industry leading contract.
Time for people to step up! time for Colgan pilots to step up and put a union in and time for PNCL pilots to hit Uncle Phil where it hurts, his pocket book.
Since you like analogies so much here is one for you. You theory is that of a kid wanting his Daddy's love. "Maybe if I try harder and make Daddy more money he will love me with a new contract."
This is business, if you want it then do what it takes to get it...attack them where it hurts$$$
Nowhere in my post do I see where I said we would have an industry leading contract if Colgan hadn't been purchased...no idea where you got that idea.
I was simply venting that the Qs were paid for with cash flow generated by the 9E pilot group's performance, while the company was saying they didn't have the money to give us better pay or retro check...and how sad it is that those Qs are losing money for the company while we still churn out the #2 performance rating in the US on the 9E side. Those Qs=the extra amount of money 9E pilots should have on their paychecks every month. I don't see how anyone can argue with that. And that was all I was saying.
You're twisting my words and trying to make it sound like I'm blaming colgan for us not having a contract. Although if we had never bought Colgan the company we have even more money and even fewer excuses to not give us a raise.