Look, I don't mean to be condescending or rude, but I think many xj'ers are in for a suprise when they begin to deal with our (pinnacle) management. Your current contract will not be nearly as nice once it is transferred to pinnacle inc, you may not understand this now, but if this jcba deal doesn't work out, you will. I really hope that this all goes as planned, but I have seen this type of optimism before and it lead to exactly nothing.

First it was we need to attract more pilots mgmt wants a ta.

Then it was management wants to make a deal on a ta before the nw/dl merger; dl doesn't want negotiations.

Then it was the nmb will have to relase us soon and mgmt is feeling the pressure.

Then we get $hit ta 1 because the neg. Committee drops the ball, doesn't listen to the divided mec, divided pilot group; plus mec agrees to w2 method for bonus distribution so it fails.

Now when we have the chance to give it to the company during a very hard summer and we come out and pick up thousands of hours of open time to get them through.

People keep saying that the company wants to negotiate so they can integrate and save all this cash. I say bull, just because they act like they want to come to the table doesnt mean a damn thing. I predict this will be much harder than we all expect. We will have to band together and show a hell of a lot more unity than we (9e) has mustered thus far.

I look forward to working with you colgan and mesaba fellas,I'm just trying to help paint a picture of the fight you guys are walking into. Like I said before, its gonna get ugly.