Originally Posted by
ebl14
If you want to grasp a realistic picture of how this will likely turn out, you must factor the expected career progression for each airline as if they were never part of pncl. This may **** a lot of you mesaba and colgan people off, but you can't run from the facts. The arbitrator will look at where you would likely be without this integration, and will factor that into his decision, that is fact. Colgan would be without any large growth (Q400s) and mesaba would be sabb-less in the coming months with plenty of furloughs on they way. You can make all sorts of irrational arguments based on your personal opinion of "fair", but these factors will be part of the arbitrated decision.
I think that 9E folks need to remember that they have 120 plus 50 seaters with contracts due in a few years, not exactly promising if we are going to play the "where would we be now game if 9e hadn't of saved us". XJ and 9L both have the future for regional flying in the form of lots of 900s, Q400s, and yes even the SAAB is still a key player. My point is that 9E did not save anybody, and are not entitled to special treatment. What has happened is they have combined the best of all three airlines in an attempt to remain competitive. Look at XJET, ASA, and SKW all tying the not, it is how the industry is now fellas. I said it before and I'll say it agian, the colgan guys had the most certain future of anybody, with growth on the saab and q400 fleets, while Mesaba looked second best with some 900s at least, but 9E has 120 RJs that we all know are on the way out...so factor that in and it looks like 9e comes out as the biggest loser for career progression.
Again, we are all equals, and deserve such. Enough of this my rj is better than your rj.