Originally Posted by
Truman_Sparks
Look fella's,
I'm not starting any war. My point is, you should watch the tone of your gleeful posts on how great it is that Pinnacle is growing for Delta in ATL, when ASA is shrinking. You may not think that you are taking any flying from ASA, or replacing ASA, but you are - if you get more flying. Hmmmm, ASA parks 12 planes permenantly, and Pinnacle talks about growing by what, 12 or so 900's??? Hey, great for you guys, but think about who is down and out while you are rejoicing. And don't act like you don't, or aren't all excited. You are. (Or some of you are) You are getting growth in ASA's only backyard, which means upgrades, more line, better schedules while ASA just announced downgrades. Line-holders are moving back to reserve, maybe furloughs, etc... So keep the "hey guys, allright! We're getting more planes and growth in ATL" - to a minimum while others are suffering because of it. Next, don't hide behind the whole "we don't decide where we fly, it's management." We all know this. It is in the excitement of your fortunes, while you have no consideration to others misfortunes.
Truman- I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but this is a pinnacle RUMOR thread. The things I have read on here have gone from 100% correct to utterly impossible. I understand ASA has had cutbacks, so has PNCL. We were supposed to have 16 full airframe lines up and running by january for DL- that has been pushed back. On the NWA side we have had flying slashed in MSP (due to compass and mesaba 76'ers coming online) and DTW and MEM have experienced cuts as well. Our september schedules across the board are looking to be just at guarantee (75ish hours) instead of 85-95 hours. We are taking the hits too. The fact that we are going into the winter schedules in addition to the fuel/reorganization/merger mania is just a recipe for the mess. I understand your frustrations for losing flying, but the ASA/PNCL mentality is the same at PNCL with the loss of our flying to mesaba's 900's and Compass Jungle jets. Problem with the mentality is ASA/PNCL/Compass/XJ/RAH/Comair/SKYw don't "own" any of the routes. We are ALL along for the ride. I can only expect this to be the "status quo" until the merger is complete, at which point the "new delta" execs will dangle some RFP's for the remainder of the available 70/76 seaters and try and pull more of the -200's out of the system.