Pinnacle owns the 16 9E -900's, so Delta would have to acquire more airframes before the flying could be replaced. Granted they might be able to get them cheap from Pinnacle in BK, but that's not a given.

Pinnacle wouldn't gain ANYTHING by selling the 16 -900s to DL. You might say money, but that's a short term fix. Selling to another carrier, different story.

Isn't Pinnacle all about short term gains while ignoring long term consequences?

With previous management, I'd say yes. With these guys, I have a hard time believing Menke wants to put his own name on the line taking a second company through a bankruptcy.

I do not have multiple screen names. I post under ShyGuy only, and as you've noticed, I'm vocal about certain topics. I have no reason to have multiple screen names.

I wondered the same thing when I read about Delta's profit.

New message from Menkester. Crj 900 and Q400 payments for the next 3 months are deferred until April. Read it quickly and jumped on here so I may have said something wrong.

The lien holder on the airframes has agreed to defer for three months.

Trenary had no problem with it....;)

Nothing but liquidity.

Delta gets to play the RFP game to keep carrier costs in check with competition. Finance 101. We need liquidity and DL needs a pawn. Hello -900's now owned by DL and $100M in the PNCL coffer to run the operation before DL's contractual rate increase.

Chicken, meet egg.