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7.a. A Pilot filling a temporary Vacancy away from his Domicile will be paid per diem for the period starting at 0001 on the first day of the Month through 2359 on the last day of the Month, except for periods of vacation or other leaves of absence.

Subparagraphs G.7.a. through c., above, shall not apply to a Pilot who volunteers for a temporary Vacancy whose actual residence is within fifty (50) miles of the airport where the temporary Vacancy exists.

HeyOneTaco

WhiskeyKilo

Friends at ASA are telling me they keep hearing endeavor is poised to buy them by may. Anyone else hear anything?

gojo

I don't know about Endeavor buying anything? But somewhere I ran into someone from upper management and was told that there were two regionals currently flying Delta connection that would not be after 2017. I didn't put too much thought into it, as I've heard similar stuff over the years. Otherwise I'd have more specifics. But would it be Skywest or Republic? In my opinion, probably not.

Five93H

How? XJT and ASA are a single certificate. Separate contracts, but the operating certificate is now one entity. Why would Skywest Inc even sell?

That would be a disaster, merge a senior pilot group with one that already went through that battle and is finally emerging.

Rayeli

I've heard similar, I've heard in the next 48-60 months, DCI will be only Endeavor, SkyWest, and Republic.

JesuitValen

I don't think so. The company cant do another 3 yr stint with operational fences and 5yrs with sli fences. ASA and XJT have done everything they can to stall integration. Delta would set us on fire and whizz on the ashes if we couldn't get the "synergies" in line immediately.

The first round drove guum-ball to drink, I doubt he'd stick around for a second round of merger crap (he wasn't even here for the beginning). So we risk getting a jerk like BW back who hates all regional pilots, and that'll end this company because no one will work together.

Edv just got fixed, unless it's a pilot group like gojets with such joke contract language and a pilot group who would lay over, bend over, and beg for more, there's no merger in our future.

Work2much

Which contracts end at the end of 2017?

AnotherWriter

Someone posted this a while back and I think it's spot on. We are taking more 200s so we can have a pool of CL65 typed pilots. Eventually as DL doesn't want the 200s anymore, they can do one for one swaps with 700s and 900s from other certificates (probably GJS's 7s and ASA's both) and have pilots to staff them. Consolidation and regional shrinkage. Makes perfect sense with the C Series coming in the next three years. Plus absolute and total control over their wholly owned.

I've been told reliably that Delta has tried to purchase Compass twice from Trans States Holdings this year already and TSH keeps says no. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think we have a clause somewhere where Delta can't actually own two regionals (to prevent the whipsaw), so we would be forced to merge. Compass is about 1/3 our size, a very young pilot group, and if you take away their American flying would be even smaller. If there was any DCI carrier you could merge with EDV, that's the one.

block30

Endeavor managment has stated many times that there is no appetite to merge Endeavor with anyone.