Originally Posted by
Airsupport
come on man you are smart enough to connect the dots. lets start at the top
richard anderson appointed CEO of nwa in 2001 and by some coincidence pinnacle gets the regional jet aircraft contract that same year to fly for nwa.
richard anderson left nwa to go be the united health care CEO. well guess who pinnacle switches their medical insurance to. you got it, a couple years ago while he was ceo we switched to united health care insurance.
richard anderson left uhc to go to delta. once again by some coincidence that same year pinnacle gets a contract to fly 900's for delta, while delta already had 9 regional carriers.
guess whats happening now at pinnacle. since richard anderson isn't ceo of united health care anymore we are switching health insurance to cigna starting jan 1 2009. strange coincidence huh?
the vp at delta over the dci carriers was told to cut back. he did with freedom. and he tought he could do it with pinnacle. till he found out the big mistake he made. i guess he didn't know that uncle phil and anderson have been doing eachother favors for the last 10 years.
is it any wonder there was no threat of a lawsuit on deltas part or pinnacle part when the contract was supposedly terminated? none of this is coincidental. just reading up a bit and knowing what actually happened at delta when our contract was supposedly terminated will help you understand that it was no coincidence and that uncle phil and anderson are going to be scratching eachothers backs for a very long time.
Most of this might have some correlation but there is some that is wishful speculation. I DO believe PNCL has a future with DCI, just not as big as it is now. This is based on post bancruptcy economics, precedence, speculation, education and a some input from those that might not know they have sensitive information.
If the new Delta doesn't buy PNCL, I actually believe PNCL will be part of a merger with another regional at some point in order to be more viable outside of DCI.
Just an opinion.