Originally Posted by
ebl14
This will get ugly before we ever have anything close to an industry leading contract. Either lower your expectations or tighten up your boot straps because I guarantee that without concessions from us (pilots) we won't see a damn thing for a long time. Us 9e guys have been on this train for quite a while so forgive us if we don't display such a sunny outlook on any negotiations. Some may see a deadline, I see 45 days of bs before we are all negotiating for seperate contracts again. They just bought 3 more months of relief from the nmb with this stunt.
I don't know about anyone else, but I am pulling up my bootstraps.
Doing nothing, Colgan will have the Mesaba contract. Management knew that when they bought Mesaba, so it is up to US to demand MORE!
It ain't gonna be easy, but I will NOT vote for anything less than the best of Pinnacle and Mesaba PLUS! Pinnacle CORP has the biggest turbo prop fleet (twice as many as Horizon). Not to ignore the jets, but props are THE MOST EFFICIENT at puddle jumping. There is NO other regional that has the prop capacity to replace us. For ONCE, we prop guys have the trump cards. We on the prop side can and must stand firm and force a GOOD contract... FOR ALL AIRCRAFT! If we don't, then I never want to hear any b!tching about work rules, pay, or scheduling: we hold our destiny.