How bad was 9E's ontime performance?
I heard from the Base managers office that the real reason the contract got signed was that Pinnacle's contract with Delta was on the chopping block again due to low ontime performance numbers. Last time this happened, we were in the same boat with Mesa. Mesa sued Delta, and lost. Pinnacle, worked out a deal and survived. Looks like this time, it was more of a "better treat your people right or you wont have any people to treat at all, get your airline together!!" type of deal.
I didn't get any specifics on just how low the numbers were. This doesn't surprise me at all. Pinnacle management pushed the contract talks waaaay too far. Doing so, it really demoralized the pilot group to the point where they just didn't care anymore about being ontime. The contract talks just took the energy and spirit away from everyone.
Does anyone have any specific numbers on D0, A0 and a14 for the months of Sep, Oct and Nov?.......and by the way, I heard the first half of December was terrible.....