Originally Posted by
TheBills
How many did ASA furlough?
How many did Skywest Furlough?
You're got to be kidding me! You're comparing apples to oranges!
ASA furloughed because Delta cut our flying and transferred it to Pinnacle, Compass, Republic, and all the other DCI carriers we must
compete with. At the time, Delta was our only mainline partner. SkyWest does mostly business with UAL so they weren't as affected.
Did any ASA flying go to SkyWest during our furlough?
NO Did they ask for concessions to get the pilots back?
NO. This was not whipsaw. End of story.
Originally Posted by
TheBills
We have gotten 2 offers from Jerry so far, one in 08 (which we turned down) and we are getting another offer right now. So then apparently jerry makes multiple offers. Let me just say that I do not represent the entire XJT pilot group, so if I sound like I am beating my chest, then do not think that the rest of our pilots are doing the same. XJT pilots want to uphold our contract, that is all, nothing more, nothing less. We dont want to steal your bases, or staple you to the bottom of our seniority list. I say again, put down your swords, and understand what we are trying to accomplish here, it is simple.
I really don't need a history lesson, I'm aware of what happened. As I said, he walked away once, and he will walk away again. If Jerry suddenly changed his mind about one list, he wouldn't have gone to the pains of setting up ASA to buy you, he would have just done it with INC. There's your biggest sign!
As for the swords, we don't have swords out, we have shields out. You are the one with the sword. Like I said, we don't need 2800 rabble rousers coming over here and thumbing their noses at the hand that feeds us. So if that's what you guys intend, just tell Jerry no thanks, and take your chances alone. That's all I've got.