Seniority List Integration Pinnacle & Colgan

[sinkrate]

I am stunned by the lack of understanding of PCL Corps goals. You guys have it completely backwards. They will never merge Colgan into PCL.

Management's goal is to make every PCL pilot start over as a new hire at Colgan. No staple with longevity, start over as a new hire. It is a game they have been playing with outstation employees and Mesaba for ten years. Lincoln Nebraska was PCL, then Mesaba, then PCL again and is now going back to Mesaba. Every time this happens all the ramp and gate agents get to start over as newhires - with no credit for prior years of service.

The main reason they bought Colgan is it is non union and it was cheaper than starting a new, non union, airline from the ground up. They wanted a non union certificate. They had been pursuing a second certificate for a number of years with the intention of placing all new AC types there. The only AC PCL will ever operate are CRJ's. All new types will go to Colgan. When the CRJ fleet is retired PCL pilots will be told 'you are welcome to apply for a new hire position at Colgan'. NWA just prepayed PCL half its profit for the 10 year service agreement. There is now a lot less incentive for management to keep PCL in business. If the pilots strike management will simply put PCL in bankruptcy and walk away from it.

In short - Colgan is a gun aimed directly at the heads of every PCL pilots family, held by Corp while management says 'empty out your wallet and give up your job'. The only chance PCL has to survive is to take the gun away from management.

 

[Smarta$$]

I am stunned by the lack of understanding of PCL Corps goals. You guys have it completely backwards. They will never merge Colgan into PCL.

Management's goal is to make every PCL pilot start over as a new hire at Colgan. No staple with longevity, start over as a new hire. It is a game they have been playing with outstation employees and Mesaba for ten years. Lincoln Nebraska was PCL, then Mesaba, then PCL again and is now going back to Mesaba. Every time this happens all the ramp and gate agents get to start over as newhires - with no credit for prior years of service.

The main reason they bought Colgan is it is non union and it was cheaper than starting a new, non union, airline from the ground up. They wanted a non union certificate. They had been pursuing a second certificate for a number of years with the intention of placing all new AC types there. The only AC PCL will ever operate are CRJ's. All new types will go to Colgan. When the CRJ fleet is retired PCL pilots will be told 'you are welcome to apply for a new hire position at Colgan'. NWA just prepayed PCL half its profit for the 10 year service agreement. There is now a lot less incentive for management to keep PCL in business. If the pilots strike management will simply put PCL in bankruptcy and walk away from it.

In short - Colgan is a gun aimed directly at the heads of every PCL pilots family, held by Corp while management says 'empty out your wallet and give up your job'. The only chance PCL has to survive is to take the gun away from management.

This message will fall on deaf colgan ears. It will also be dismissed by many pinnacle pilots that don't know that they are an ostrich.

 

[PinnacleDude]

This message will fall on deaf colgan ears. It will also be dismissed by many pinnacle pilots that don't know that they are an ostrich.

Actually, the vast majority of Pinnacle Pilots get it. Certainly more than 50%.

Hey Yodafly - the 50% of Colgan guys made it tougher for the Pinnacle folks. The very fact that we are fighting with management over something that they can easily afford should tell you something about your unprotected predicament. Don't worry, though, you'll still enjoy our raises and improved work rules that we are fighting for one way or another down the road. We will not sell out despite management's threats to use Colgan against us.

Colgan Organizing Committee - Thanks for all of your work to improve the industry.