New Pinnacle CEO - "P-56" Ryan Gumm
02-09-2013 | 03:24 PM
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02-09-2013 | 09:44 PM
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Unfortunately, this thread could be OH's last year. We had doom and gloomers, and the optimistic. I was always the latter. I always kept thinking DL had some great plan for us, and well...they did. It's great to be optimistic and hopeful, but please keep a weathered eye. Remember, now that 9E is wholly owned, the major decisions will no longer be made in MEM/MSP. All decisions to the future of 9E will now come from ATL; MEM/MSP is only for daily operations. I truly hope 9E doesn't follow the path of OH, I would save you the grief of myself and my colleagues. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Just keep an eye out.
02-09-2013 | 11:00 PM
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You keep telling yourself that. I'll file this along with "9E is going to fly the 717s for Delta." You're delusional.
02-09-2013 | 11:55 PM
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If anything over 76 seats shows up at a regional, the industry (overall) is hosed, I
WILL give you that....
I guess I'll put on my flak jacket now (it's thick)... So carry on.
02-10-2013 | 05:20 AM
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That's really not an implausible scenario. Delta has shown that of the big 3 (Delta, AMR, and UAL) they have the strongest drive to control their own destiny. They're aggressively forcing their contracted lift into cheaper contracts, they bought an oil refinery, and they're all about picking up 2nd hand aircraft (MD-90s and 717s) at very cheap prices. Meanwhile: AMR's top brass is worried about the payout they're going to receive in the merger, and UAL has the largest regional fleet of 50 seat boat anchors. I wouldn't put it past Delta to pick up VX, keep them on a seperate certificate, and use them to beat down the DAL pilot group 5-10 years down the road. VX isn't doing great. Branson will take the first reasonable offer that comes his way.
02-10-2013 | 05:35 AM
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Unfortunately, this thread could be OH's last year. We had doom and gloomers, and the optimistic. I was always the latter. I always kept thinking DL had some great plan for us, and well...they did. It's great to be optimistic and hopeful, but please keep a weathered eye. Remember, now that 9E is wholly owned, the major decisions will no longer be made in MEM/MSP. All decisions to the future of 9E will now come from ATL; MEM/MSP is only for daily operations. I truly hope 9E doesn't follow the path of OH, I would save you the grief of myself and my colleagues. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Just keep an eye out.
Just remember who "has your back". You might just find some of that "honesty, integrity and mutual respect" slipped through your ribs and into a vital organ when you least expect it.......
02-10-2013 | 12:10 PM
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