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flyguy23 , 01-14-2009 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SilverandSore

My own personal theory is that Pinnacle is next in the musical chairs; 50 seat pull down edition. ASA (ATRs, 50s), Chautauqua (135s), Comair (50s, 900s and I think some 70s) and Freedom (900s and hopefully everything else) have all lost physical seats. Mesaba seemed to be gaining all sorts of stuff but that's been reassigned. That leaves Pinnacle to take a little dose of 50 seat reductions. I believed ASA was going to be the next hard core whipping boy (ala Comair) but the 900s changed that. Who knows, like I said, just my theory.

ASA gaining those 10 900s resulted in a net loss of 10 aircraft. They are giving up 20 200s in return. Everyone is getting hit by Delta.

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SilverandSore , 01-14-2009 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by flyguy23

ASA gaining those 10 900s resulted in a net loss of 10 aircraft. They are giving up 20 200s in return. Everyone is getting hit by Delta.

Yes, I said that in my post... notice the (ATRs and 50s) in parentheses after ASA?

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Airsupport , 01-14-2009 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TurboDog

They are offering buyouts and early out programs at Comair. Maybe it's heading your way as well? After all there is a lot of talk about regional merges. It wouldn't only make sense to cut as much from each unit before you merge them.

as far as buyouts and early outs that is possible, however unlikely. in december they put out a memo to see how many people would like some time off with a leave of absence to off set the displacement. well 2 weeks into it they had a ton of people who had turned in the papers wanting 30+days off. well the very next week the company sent out a memo saying they had decided not to go that route.

that is why lots of us here think the displacement is smoke and mirrors. they had more than enough captains volunteer for an loa and they decided against it. we were technically frozen by the national mediation board and were not supposed to be unfrozen till the end of april. well at the end of december the nmb got together and we will be meeting with them and the company for 5 days straight starting on the 26th. most of the pilots i know feel that if the nmb doesn't get something out of it during those 5 days that we will be released. still a little time away, but i believe things are coming to a head here real quick.

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flyguy23 , 01-14-2009 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SilverandSore

Yes, I said that in my post... notice the (ATRs and 50s) in parentheses after ASA?

My bad. Looks like I only payed attention to the last part of your post.

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joethepilot , 01-14-2009 12:39 PM

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I'm just gonna throw this out there. Pinnacle-Colgan Merger?

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bored , 01-14-2009 12:51 PM

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How is Mesaba going to GIVE BACK 17 200s when we only had 15 transferred to begin with? That rumor is tired and old. Isn't there anything better to talk about over at PCL?

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CAPTAIN INSANO , 01-14-2009 12:56 PM

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CRJ-200s are making money right now.

You guys are buying into managements scheme of outsourcing mainline jobs to regional pukes like us.

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Airsupport , 01-14-2009 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bored

How is Mesaba going to GIVE BACK 17 200s when we only had 15 transferred to begin with? That rumor is tired and old. Isn't there anything better to talk about over at PCL?

lol, good ole bored's typical chime in.. vintage.

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SeeYouNextTime , 01-14-2009 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bored

How is Mesaba going to GIVE BACK 17 200s when we only had 15 transferred to begin with? That rumor is tired and old. Isn't there anything better to talk about over at PCL?

Yeah. I also heard them 5 nine's we're getting gonna go to the nickel too.

Or maybe the announcement is the Pinnacle will have a TA soon.

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Airsupport , 01-14-2009 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by joethepilot

I'm just gonna throw this out there. Pinnacle-Colgan Merger?

now this is something i could buy into. pinnacle is officially moving all of the colgan stuff from VA to memphis. colgan just voted in alpa. we could easily file for single carrier status and it would probably win with no hitches. if they would have left the headquarters in va then maybe they could have kept us seperate.