Midwest Air to slash work force by 40 percent

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07-15-2008, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by eaglefly

Percentage-wise, that's almost every F/O if they whack the pilots 40%.

Any idea on what DOH this will go to on the pilots seniority list ?

Hope you find my reply amongst the Bickersons. My buddy there tells me 1998 DOH for the cutoff. Junior captain, I think, will go back to 1990. Really kinda moot. If they go ch.11, they're done. TPG and Northwest will not put any more money into it. Then you have to find someone who will buy it. That won't happen. Figure any more cuts to get covered by Delta/NW. Kinda like what happened to STL. 88 seat 717's are easy to cover with EMB's and CRJ-900's.

07-15-2008, 09:16 AM

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Not saying it is right, but a real possibility is DAL/NWA are now calling the shots on this. They do not want Midwest in BK before merger DCC as it might cause problems w/DOJ. But after DCC, DAL then directs Midwest to file CH 7. As an owner, DAL would have first dibs on the assets...most important, the 25 717s. Not sure if these are owned or leased. I suspect DAL would love those airplanes. Great replacement for the DC9-30s and it keeps them out of competitors hands. Just a possibility...probably way off.

07-15-2008, 09:39 AM

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Leftists tend to whine, complain and blame everyone but themselves for whatever problems they're experiencing. I'd say johnso29 fits that mold fairly well.

And the right side has really got the job done these last 8 years, huh? Yeah, that's what I thought.

07-15-2008, 09:42 AM

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well at least you are filthy rich. i am a poor fo at pinnacle and i would appreciate it if obama took some of your money and gave it to me... you do make over 65k a year right? well i dont and thats not fair!! lets share the wealth!!! i dont care how hard you had to work to get to where you are at now. i think i will just stay at pinnacle as an fo with 20 days off a month and let the money flow in from the people who worked hard all their lives to get where they are. he has so many great ideas, this is just one of them.

I loved bush's great idea of not allowing airlines to strike. how did that work out for you at pinnicle? you'll never see an impass just like expressjet, asa and others. mccain will be good for the airlines though...