Originally Posted by
meyers9163
That had to do with the person whom posted that ASA currently has more furloughs the XJ. I was just trying to point out that Mesaba still has FURLOUGHS coming when more Saabs are being parked here soon. And thus there are other companies whom are hurting far worse then even ASA such as Mesaba, Comair, Xjet etc etc...... It was different from my desire for the Majors to recapture their scope and get the flying back... Sorry for the confussion.
+1. I agree 100%. Mesaba will be losing all 48 Saabs in the next couple of years and that means roughly 480 pilots will be furloughed during the same period. Mesaba has already furloughed over 150 pilots and is continuing to furlough pilots even as we speak.
We should not be squabbling over who gets what scrap thrown by slave masters. In the long run, DAL changes its mind on a daily basis, so it's a complete waste of time trying to predict what DAL management will do next, unless you are privy to the RA inner circle of overpaid greedy executives.
I agree that all DAL flying should go back to the mainline. I also agree with Avroman that the solution is simple. Just staple all Mesaba, Comair, Compass pilots along with CRJ9 flying to DAL. But like 80kts said, how do we present a convincing argument to the DAL management that stapling would make business sense.