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Trip7 12-19-2012 05:18 AM


Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 1314390)
Skywest and ASA/XJT are not getting any of our planes according to management.

So, 81 900s going to Air Whiskey or maybe GoJet, 2 very small companies with no 900 program?

I find it highly unlikely zero planes will go to Skywest Inc in the event of a PNCL liquidation


Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 1314361)
This is what our management is saying, it could be a lie, I don't really know.

Did they say this in a memo or is this word of mouth?

smackahoCEO 12-19-2012 06:21 AM

Getting a -900 program up when you already have a CRJ program isn't that difficult. I know Air Wisconsin already has part of the plan in place. Sim is just -200, but training dept has a -700/-900 syllabus and sections of the FOM blocked off for -700/-900.

Gojet.... Who knows?? They can barely staff what they have. So I can't see them getting another 30-40 planes and being able to have any sort of completion factor.

SKYW..... Respectable company, and already in bed with Delta. If Skywest Inc has the cash and the staffing to get it done, and delta wants to make them their mega regional (something they vowed not to do post-Comair strike), then I could see SKYW getting it.

Realistically PNCL will probably vote their TA in, get the airplanes, and get the options. Mid-Jan we will all know either way.

Trip7 12-19-2012 06:46 AM


Originally Posted by smackahoCEO (Post 1314916)
Getting a -900 program up when you already have a CRJ program isn't that difficult. I know Air Wisconsin already has part of the plan in place. Sim is just -200, but training dept has a -700/-900 syllabus and sections of the FOM blocked off for -700/-900.

Gojet.... Who knows?? They can barely staff what they have. So I can't see them getting another 30-40 planes and being able to have any sort of completion factor.

SKYW..... Respectable company, and already in bed with Delta. If Skywest Inc has the cash and the staffing to get it done, and delta wants to make them their mega regional (something they vowed not to do post-Comair strike), then I could see SKYW getting it.

Realistically PNCL will probably vote their TA in, get the airplanes, and get the options. Mid-Jan we will all know either way.

Agreed. We'll see

atrdriver 12-19-2012 07:04 AM


Originally Posted by smackahoCEO (Post 1314916)
Realistically PNCL will probably vote their TA in, get the airplanes, and get the options. Mid-Jan we will all know either way.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but what kind of glistening carrot in the TA could *possibly* make up for the fact that there will be over a thousand Pinnacle pilots furloughed within a couple of years? Delta "flow" won't be worth crap, so it can't be that. I just don't see the 9E guys rewarding management by voting yes on a TA and sealing their airline's fate as the next Comair.

Mesabah 12-19-2012 08:57 AM


Originally Posted by Trip7 (Post 1314874)
So, 81 900s going to Air Whiskey or maybe GoJet, 2 very small companies with no 900 program?

I find it highly unlikely zero planes will go to Skywest Inc in the event of a PNCL liquidation



Did they say this in a memo or is this word of mouth?

Official, our union must know who is getting the planes so they can possibly help out our pilot group for future positions if we liquidate. You are getting the 16 and that's it, other carriers have been selected for the 81 if we liquidate. You guys would own well over 50% or DCI flying if you got our planes, Delta would never allow that much.


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