Originally Posted by
Mesabah
I'm pretty sure Comair was formed to get around the Delta pilot's scope contract. Since, 9e and 9l are operating under a single joint contract with a pending SLI, I don't think 9l was purchased to get around the scope language of the pinnacle pilots. Colgan has never operated as NW airlink or for Delta.
you realize 9l was purchased years before this TA and SLI right? 9l with NO contract and 9e on a 3 year expired contract with no talk of Mesaba in sight? or even talk of a joint Pinnacle/Colgan contract? If what you said about 9L is true we would not have been negotiating SEPARATE contracts until XJ came along....we would have been negotiating a 9e/9l contract...and the only reason we have a 3 way contract, much less a 2 way, is so that pinnacle management could transfer the XJ equipment. Without that management would have LOVED 3 separate contracts and associated whipsaw. what does 9L not doing Delta flying have to do with scope? nothing. Just because you fly for a different carrier doesn't mean you throw scope out the window.