Originally Posted by
PinnacleFO
Northwest has said that they will announce the RFP results on November 30th. I personally think they will probably delay the announcement 10 times or so but how does everyone think it will turn out?
I think that Mesaba will be awarded some growth, probably the first 36 CRJ 900's with options for a whole lot more, and they might get the orig. 15 crjs that they were supposed to get as well.
I think Pinnacle is so up in the air now that it is tough to guess what will happen. My gut feeling says that we will get our 15 CRJ's back and thats about it. We might not even get those back and we might just stay the same size.
The only way I see anyone else being awarded flying is if Mesaba's TA gets voted down, then i think you could see Skywest bringing in their 900's under the NWA paint scheme.
Your thoughts everyone?
There are so many rumors going around at XJ right now, even the facts are rumors. Last one I heard was that if the TAs don't ratify that the Saabs are going to Colgan and the 900s are going to RAH.
Oh, then I also heard the other day that things need to get settled with the ALPA contract at 9E, so NWA is going to shift some of that flying (including the 15 parked CRJs) to XJ to put pressure on 9E to sign on the dotted line.
What a Charlie Foxtrot! Oh, wait, then there is the issue of the 900s being converted to Q400s and those coming and...
When will it end?!