After a short 2 month medical absence I was getting warmed up, got my 3rd oral, CAT2, and a 3rd PC last week in the training center.
There is a lot of speculation and people just making up rumors. However the two things EVERYONE seems to agree on:

1. We are going to be hiring another 200-250 pilots fairly quickly.
2. We are going to be getting increased flying in December.

We have had a suggestion that we NOT be caught without pilots.

Now if we use common sense, which is often missing in these threads, Mesaba probably doesn't have any announcement to make. Spangers and others probably do have some ideas that Delta has for us but until the merger/buyout happens there can be no announcement. Then the announcement will come from Delta.

I do believe that either way the merger goes, we will get more airplanes. The where, when, and what...
I think that Mesaba is probably in a real good place for a change.

Another thing to keep in mind is that we would not hire people into the fleet for airplanes we don't have yet. So expect more SAAB and 900 newhires. Probably not that many more 200 guys. Heck I can't do any more RR days.