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Old 09-12-2012 | 06:56 PM
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That your fiancee's company is hiring GoJetsss to provide their regional feed?
Ha! Awesome! Killer!
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Old 09-12-2012 | 08:19 PM
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That your fiancee's company is hiring GoJetsss to provide their regional feed?
That is fantastic
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Old 09-13-2012 | 04:17 AM
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Pinnacle will not go out of business. Delta used them to get rid of an airline, some planes and Pinnacle Management got to use that to get the bk they wanted, to get rid of contracts and get some bonuses for their hard work. After bk they will do great, make some money, buy another regional and file bk again and again and .......
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Old 09-13-2012 | 04:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Imapilot2
Pinnacle will not go out of business. Delta used them to get rid of an airline, some planes and Pinnacle Management got to use that to get the bk they wanted, to get rid of contracts and get some bonuses for their hard work. After bk they will do great, make some money, buy another regional and file bk again and again and .......
8:17am on Sept 13th, 2012.

Let's see how long it is from when this statement was made.
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Old 09-13-2012 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by evilboy
8:17am on Sept 13th, 2012.

Let's see how long it is from when this statement was made.
Haha. Bets anyone?
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Old 09-13-2012 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by evilboy
8:17am on Sept 13th, 2012.

Let's see how long it is from when this statement was made.
Haha. Bets anyone?
How about an over/under of the announced "draw down" or "shut down" on or after April 1, 2013??

Any takers?
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Old 09-13-2012 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel450
How about an over/under of the announced "draw down" or "shut down" on or after April 1, 2013??

Any takers?

I'm in.
I'll take within 90 days OVER. +/- June 30th.
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Old 09-13-2012 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Imapilot2
Pinnacle will not go out of business. Delta used them to get rid of an airline, some planes and Pinnacle Management got to use that to get the bk they wanted, to get rid of contracts and get some bonuses for their hard work. After bk they will do great, make some money, buy another regional and file bk again and again and .......
Hard to say. It's very convienent for DAL that 9e is BK.
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Old 09-13-2012 | 12:19 PM
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Why would they go under? They will emerge from BK very lean and mean and will be a cheap operator for Delta. They may shrink to 40something 900's but I think they will be a player in the DCI game for years to come.
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Old 09-13-2012 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Delta1067
Why would they go under? They will emerge from BK very lean and mean and will be a cheap operator for Delta. They may shrink to 40something 900's but I think they will be a player in the DCI game for years to come.
Even if this is true won't they slowly furlough the majority of the pilot group over 3 years as the 200's are phased out? Isn't this what was happening to Comair?
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