Originally Posted by
Truman_Sparks
I heard this week in a meeting in ATL, Delta is thinking of putting ASA into MEM after the merger with 20-30 900's. Delta wants less 50's, so they may be pulling down Pinnacle 200's and replacing them with 900's.
This would be a great score for ASA pilots!!!! ASA could really use the growth, since the loss of all the ATR's. Delta wants to keep the flying spread around, and with Pinnacles potential union issues and negotiations, they may want to protect the MEM hub, much like they did when moving more Comair, Skywest, CHQ, Republic and Freedom into ATL during ASA's negotiations to protect themselves from a possible strike.
Look for the announcement soon after the merger is complete.
I want everyone to read this. Everyone calls Pinnacle a bottom feeder and that we are always trying to steal everyone's flying. I have rarely ever seen a pinnacle pilot celebrate on here at another regionals expense. Yet we see stuff like this. Pinnacle has never taken anyones flying, all 124 of our crj 200's were new aircraft and all 16 of our 900's are new airplanes. We might have taken over some routes of ASA mesaba or NWA in the past, but not planes. Regardless its not our deicision anyways. So ASA guys, I am sorry we are in your home territory but please remember that managers make the decisions, not pilots so try supporting us instead of trying to get rid of us.