Originally Posted by
Bad-Andy
Not arguing the "weak player" part of your statement, because they aren't the strongest out there. But, maybe Doug is finally doing something about the logjam in negotiations and is finally taking action to bring the Nic into play. (Anyone want to bet that a cram-down contract, ie Kirby deal, is offered in exchange for keeping the 190's and not furloughing additional East pilots...).
Since the 190's are NOT part of the min fleet count, this is the biggest gun management has to point at USAPA's (the East pilots) heads. It doesn't make a lot of business sense to park cheap, efficient, passenger-loved planes, unless it is for another reason... So, who will blink first????
They won't park them. They will sell them to Republic so they can use them on their Midwest Airlines operation. If I recall, Republic already loaned Airways a good bit of money. Republic could forgive the debt and call it a "down payment".