Except the concept that what ever 9E bids on the RFP. GoJet will bid 9E minus $1...

"Flawed" doesn't even begin to describe the Regional business model. Daddy Delta is using their regionals to whipsaw eachother for who can do it cheapest. Now these Regionals are forced to ask their already low paid pilots to take less pay to keep their existing low paying jobs.

Here is the irony. Spanjers is speaking about how important it is to grow in the 76 seat jet market, when just recently they allowed Delta to force them into terminating their 74 seat prop contract with United. A contract that could have been reworked and profitable but Delta wanted to "stick it" to United and Pinnacle did what Daddy Delta said.

Run boys and girls, run far far away

+1... Does Spanjers, our new decision maker in a long line of incompetent losers, understand if it burns, he burns as well? All 2400 of us together now, "F U!"

Yep and then in 2 years from now when go jet declares BK... another rat bag regional will come in and bid a $1 lower then go jet and the cycle continues to the lowest pay job in the world.

How the F did HoBo Jet, an alter ego of Trans States, get to be part of DCI and is now being used to specifically to whipsaw us? That's unbelievable when you think about it.

Ha! Priceless. When your business plan needs concessions in order to make it work, it's time to STFD!

Most of the junior 9E pilots have already bailed out, and others continue to leave from the junior side (guys #2000 and above). Of course, the lifers on the -900s will want their money-maker to survive, so the paycuts will come. It's sad, but it is what it is. I just find it funny there are those 9E pilots still taking shots at GoJets, yet they don't realize that in less than 12 months, they will be making at or less than GoJets wages. You want the -900s, it's gonna be GoJets/Compass wages. OR you can draw a line and say "**** this" and just leave. Of course, there are those who still view themselves as 'above' applying to places like Spirit or VA, so they will stick it out. Good luck!

Same way pinnacle was used to whipsaw comair when comair was in bk.

File Ch. 7, and be done with it.

Ah, Chief, they aren't talking about the 9E -900s. Those 16 are dead. Look at the numbers again. 140 out of 181 are CRJ-200s, which means the rest in the end game are the 41 original Mesaba -900s. They are super senior, with many lifers. Spandex is saying that those -900 rates and seniority cannot compete with GoJets and Compass.

question for former xjer's did northwest buy you guys before the negotiations were complete and did northwest management basically finish them or were negotiations in chapter 11 complete before the purchase. I am asking because it seems like putting negotiations on hold right before the TA vote at delta is odd especially with the timeline in the DIP financing that delta gave us to finish their contract. I am a person who has thought that we will not get purchased by anyone but this latest development has me wondering.