Question? Are those 9E guys complaining on this web board the same guys that walked through DTW and MSP with a smile on their face as they replace Mesaba's flying with their fancy new CRJ's. Are these also the same 9e guys that while Mesaba pilots were fighting for their jobs just a few months ago couldn't get anything in writting from the 9E ALPA union that they would not fly struck work...even the NWA pilots publicly came out in support for Mesaba. Are these the same 9E guys that wouldn't take a Mesaba pilot with the same deal Mesaba gave 9E pilots back in the late 90's...yes you know what I'm talking about.
Now your whinning and crying because you feel your getting screwed by Colgan pilots. TOO BAD you've been doing it for years to the Mesaba Pilots now you get to enjoy yours.
Also how do you think NWA will respond to this. NWA has always wanted 100% control of their feed. Do you think your still getting those 17 CRJ with no pilot contract and now this.
I would be very concerned with how NWA responds to this...especially since they now own 100% of Mesaba and Compass will get off the ground.
Perhaps the pilots of 9E will see first hand what it's like too how bad it really can get.
Sorry guys but you deserve it.
Ridgeback,
You have absolutely no foundations of what you rant about. Your facts are just plain wrong. We are talking scope issues here. As for those 17 RJ's they are already here. And yes, they will probably go away at a rate of 3 per month cause there won't be a contract in time. Just as PCL and NW planned. BTW PT and bunch still get paid the profit of operations of those aircraft even when they go.....Sweet deal for management. As far as taking Mesaba flying, Bryan Bedford set the hub duality in motion when he talked NW into giving all Avro flying to Mesaba. The avros came to Memphis and all bets were off. Corporate greed at it's best. Mike Brady was unhappy cause he housed Bedford in his basement while they cooked the outstation basing plan at 9E in 95........Managment's sometimes even screw their own....Mesaba grew and 9E dropped down to 225 pilots. Then NW bought them,,,pumped aircraft into them and sold them for a tidy profit.... Sound familiar???? It is exactly what is happening to XJ now....It seems the SEC should look into sham of devaluing XJ just to buy them cheap.....
.As far as NW wanting to control 100 percent of their feed. They are not buying XJ to operate them nor are they building Compass to operate them either. They are doing this to SELL THEM FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS within the next 2 years.....They still control the feed from both PCL and XJ make no mistake...
9E pilots deserve what??????