Originally Posted by
yamahas3
Its pretty simple really. The places with the worst contracts have the highest turnover and therefore greatest hiring. Pinnacle has one of the worst contracts out there, and as it stands is a bottom feeder. Its a dig on the company, not on the pilots. I applaud you guys for trying to improve things and hope you do.
Now, hiring, I'm interested in. I'm furloughed so I really pay attention to this stuff. I have no interest in going to Pinnacle but I have a lot of interest in industry movement. Its good for everybody.
Now as far as the flying hours go, month to month changes don't mean much. I just asked a buddy of mine over there and he said that March '10 hours are 7% less than March '09 hours. So yes, flying may be going up, but you guys still did much more with the same number of pilots last year and hiring wasn't happening then either.
So, sadly, it still doesn't look like theres any reason to believe that Pinnacle will hire unless something changes within the company/industry/economy or theres something I don't know about here.
Oh, btw, no need to be so harsh. Also, Eagle has a significant number of airplanes on the way.
You do know our contract is just a few months away from being 11 years old right? You do know that we voted down the TA that was just put before us. You do know that in the last few months since the TA failed I have lost more than $10,000 dollars right (actually closer to $15,000 and thats not including the signing bonus). So instead of calling pinnacle a bottom feeder you should look to the guys who voted for terrible contracts during the last few years. You need to really also focus on those who voted in contracts on the promise of more flying or fear during bankruptcy. The majority of the guys here weren't around in 99 and are appearantly not ready to settle for a substandard contract. I voted no, but man I could really use that 15 grand.