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02-15-2012 | 03:20 AM

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Sometimes putting the beast down is the most humane. Not that I want to see it happen, but shutting down the company would make my (and I presume many other folk's) decision a great deal clearer.

Many, but not a majority. We still need a job. If I had somewhere else to go, I would. That's just not an option in this economy.

02-15-2012 | 03:33 AM

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Many, but not a majority. We still need a job. If I had somewhere else to go, I would. That's just not an option in this economy.

Agreed, plus you add in Eagle and North American pilots who unfortunately, might also be on the street and you end up with a very large pool of qualified applicants with very few places to go. No Bueno.

02-15-2012 | 06:40 AM

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Where is this so called big announcement that 9E was supposed to come out in the 15th !?!?!

The suspense is killing me ....

02-15-2012 | 07:21 AM

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Where is this so called big announcement that 9E was supposed to come out in the 15th !?!?!

The suspense is killing me ....

LOL @ thinking an announcement from 9E would be on time...

02-15-2012 | 07:21 AM

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If you ask base managers and chief pilots they'll tell you the 15th is more about admin layoffs (which seem to have already happened), rather than a line-affecting decision. No telling.

02-15-2012 | 09:43 AM

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How about this scenario. Management can't get a deal done to maintain the turboprop operation,and decides to shut it down. So management has to declare bankruptcy to get out of leases and mortgages on the airplanes and to get a judge to allow an out of senoirity furlough. Delta then uses that opportunity to cancel the 50 seat flying and give it back to Comair or just get rid of it. So at this point they might as well shut down the 9E CR9 because that doesn't make money either. All that's left now is XJ CR9 flying...

02-15-2012 | 12:35 PM

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That would leave a cost structure very similar to Comair, most captains and fo's maxed out on the payscale.

02-15-2012 | 02:02 PM

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Maybe that is why PCL has divided all the turbo prop flying to Mesaba and all the jet flying to PCL. Could Mesaba go into BK but not PCL leaving the contracts with Delta protected.

02-15-2012 | 02:07 PM

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Maybe that is why PCL has divided all the turbo prop flying to Mesaba and all the jet flying to PCL. Could Mesaba go into BK but not PCL leaving the contracts with Delta protected.

Nope, all or nothing

02-15-2012 | 03:34 PM

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Nope, all or nothing

Incorrect...any of the subsidiaries can go through bankruptcy on thier own without the others or the holding company being involved. This is exactly what happened at Mesaba. Mesaba went into bankruptcy but it's holding company, MAIR, and BigSky Airlines did not.