Originally Posted by majkjohn (Post 1294780)

Couple of things here
1) 9e isn't going to liquidate. I would bet my job on it;)
2) Delta/NWA has never allowed us to fly for other carriers for the reason of being able to manipulate us however they see fit. Do you really think it was a coincidence we were back to only Delta contracts within a year of Mesaba being mixed in?
It is easy to create a liquidity crisis when you are the one paying the bills. Even if they imposed the contract today, would it solve the crisis? Absolutely not!
3) Why would they give all our airplanes to Expressjet? (Who's contract is similar to 9e) They just spent $30 million destroying our contract (and let's face it, that mission is almost complete.)
4) This is more like the first offer, not last.


They will get permission to impose early December. In January (after x-mas) Delta will tell us we are losing x number of 200's (My personal guess is 100) We come to a horrible compromise and become the 2nd lowest paid regional. (thanks go jets) Magically, we get awarded 70 seaters.

The end!
Still a crappy future, but it's not liquidation