exactly what i said. by the end of the year we wont even have to speculate anymore. and it will be a while before anything really starts to happen.

 

You sound like you've been reading the stuff that IDOIT Boyd's been putting out.

 

I doubt any of the regionals will really know what is really going to happen for at least another year. The dust from the merger won't settle enough to touch the regionals for a long time, if ever.

 

it very well could take a little longer than that for things to work themselves out. my guess is things won't be clear til the end of '09.

 

I believe comair is required to have at least 41% of the DCI flying per contract/agreement.

 

I'm not trying to jump on the "doom and gloom" bandwagon, but jeez you 9E guys who actually think that you're in a GOOD situation are killing me!

How are you going to fly your wonderful 10 year contract if you're sitting on the other side of a picket line?

If NewDelta does try to back out of your contract, even illegally, how long do you think PNCL can afford to stay in court against the largest airline in the WORLD (with billions in cash in the bank)?

Why do you think that if you get the contract you deserve, *poof* instantly overnight everyone will magically be happy, productive, and efficient enough to be competitive?

Don't take this as bashing 9E, i'm not, I've got a LOT of friends there from new hires to captains to check airmen and even scheduling, and I wish them all the best. But as they say, "Denial" isn't just a river in Egypt...

 

wait and see.

 

if you read my post i don't disagree with anything you said here. you are right, a 10 year contract is worth nothing if we get to strike, which is what i said.

delta trying to get out of the contract "ILLEGALLY" wouldn't even make sense and they wouldn't do it. they could have done it to mesa years ago but they waited till they could legally do it. i wouldn't think that an airline who is trying to win approval by the government and the people would start illegally doing anything.

and i never said that when we get a new contract that overnight we will all be happy. they dont even follow the current contract we have. but our lives and pocket books would be a lot better if we did get a new contract. is there any doubt in that? they may still not follow it but if we get a good enough contract we will actually have something to fight back with instead of our open to interpretation contract that we have right now. and we were the most efficient rj operator in the world for 2 years according to bombardier. and that was with the **** poor contract we have now.

and i don't care if you bash pinnacle. that stuff doesn't matter to me. all i have ever stated on here is MY experience at pinnacle. some have had it much worse than me, and some have had it better. lots of people try and bash pinnacle but it doesn't phase me because most of what they say has never happened to me. and thats the way i like it. i don't pick up opentime, i don't answer the phone for jm assignements, and i bid for max days off and usually get 18-20 a month. its hard to hate a place you are only at 10 days a month. i spend most of my time playing with my son and hanging out with family and friends.

but just because my life is good doesn't mean i am not ready and willing to strike for the better of the pilot group. we are all in this together.

 

Do you think Delta didn't learn anything from the Comair strike?

30 days 30 seconds...nuff said.

 

I'll have to write this one down...