Originally Posted by
Nick
Where does Big Sky lie in this whole equation? There has been speculation in other forums that if Mesaba is bought my Northwest, that Big Sky will eventually be sold to Mesa!? Why would this scope clause even need to be eliminated if Big Sky may eventually be sold to another airline.
This is probably why MAIR has filed the motion in Texas court to reject the Mesaba Scope letter. That letter is executed between MAIR and Mesaba. If Mesaba is sold to NWA and remains "Mesaba" a separate wholly owned company, the scope letter is still valid and any new MAIR flying over 19 seats has to go to pilots on our list. MAIR Holdings has to "hold" something to have a reason to exist. What they "hold" has to be profitable to pay Paul Foley's salary. Big Sky is not going to be profitable if owned by MAIR and our scope letter is in force. MAIR is not going to exist if they sell Big Sky.
My opinion, Mesaba gets sold, Big Sky gets sold, MAIR takes the money, gets out of the airline business and buys a trucking company or a restaurant or something! No matter what, WE ARE GOING TO BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT MAIR. Foley may have finally realized that bull**** might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.
I wish the best to Big Sky. It sucks that you were USED by MAIR.