The problem is that he is merely a puppet to Daddy D. They say jump, he says how high. Time will tell what Delta has in mind for Pinnacle. R.G. is there to facilitate it all.

He's just a hired gun. Takes his orders from Atlanta.

:D

You win the internet.

So is tomorrow the official first day of Endeavor Air?

Pinnacle isn't going anywhere. Delta needs them to help drive down Skywest's costs. Pinnacle is safe.

It's ENDEAVOR get it right!

There ya go. Fmp. Better now? :p:D

I don't disagree. However, I noticed on another thread that BB of Republic said they lost the United flying to SkyWest because RAH pilots made too much. Atkin is scary smart or maybe scary sneaky. I'd imagine their new E-jets will go very senior therefore the pilots will be topped out on pay. How does he (Atkin) do it?

Are you familiar with XJT's rate reset on 2015? I'm not. I've only heard snippets, but can imagine Atkin might be relying on this to cut costs and shove a contract down the XJT pilots' throats? The next few years should be exciting.

I thought I read somewhere that the reset was waived with their latest trade for 900s... Also BB recently said Pinnacle and AE will most likely be sold which I think will happen or be parted out slowly ala Comair.

You can find the Skywest/XJT rate reset requirement in the most recent 10K. It requires Skywest & XE to be the second lowest cost DCI operator. It's not just XJT, but the Skywest side too.