Mesa/Freedom will fight Delta

[wmuflyguy]

http://www.transtats.bts.gov/OT_Delay/ot_delaycause1.asp?display=data&pn=1


You can look up each airline and their stats for each major airport seperately, along with what kind of delays they were

 

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I'm not cheering for any pilot to lose their job, particularly another ALPA member.

There are a couple of important points to take from this:

1) Apparently Delta cherry picked the contract it thought that it could most easily break, BUT, even with MAG they could not just walk away without litigation.

2) MAG still will operate and probably grow large RJ's.

3) Alter ego whipsaw is an ugly practice all the way around. The employees suffer, even mainline suffers as their contracts lock them in to operations that are irrational. Much of MAG's growth was used to whip saw ASA and Comair. Now Delta has a changing market and lacks the flexibility to respond appropriately.

4) I have not seen the contracts and may be talking out of school, but from what I'm hearing MAG may have a pretty good case against DAL. After all they certainly relied on Delta's contractual promises in purchasing millions, of not billions of dollars worth of jets.

I would just like to see Delta and ALPA start acting rationally when it comes to regional jet operators. There should have never been a MAG to begin with.

 

[saabservant]

"There should have never been a MAG to begin with."

Truest words this month! ALPA and mainlines are equally culpable...

 

[go!ng for broke]

What ever happens in court this is bad for Mesa and That's a "GOOD THING"

 

[Hovernut]

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4) I have not seen the contracts and may be talking out of school, but from what I'm hearing MAG may have a pretty good case against DAL. After all they certainly relied on Delta's contractual promises in purchasing millions, of not billions of dollars worth of jets.

I would just like to see Delta and ALPA start acting rationally when it comes to regional jet operators. There should have never been a MAG to begin with.

I believe the MAG ERJs came from the discontinued USAir service and elsewhere. They cheaped-out anyway and got 'em w/o stairs. I also believe the 900s are owned &/or leased by DL. Rumor running around the crewroom here this morning is DL is asking us how fast we can ramp-up to man those, too. So, that may just be the other shoe to drop on the Freedom contract.

 

[79%N1]

Whose crew room?

 

[regionaltard]

Mesa/Freedom will fight Delta

In related news, Hillary Clinton vowed to keep fighting right down to the last lie, and a large fish just caught said that it would flop around in the bottom of the boat for a while...

I wouldn't wish unemployment on the majority of those folks, but the writing is definitely on the wall. The industry will certainly be better off without Mesa constantly answering the question: "How low can you go?"

 

[IronCityBlue]

4) I have not seen the contracts and may be talking out of school, but from what I'm hearing MAG may have a pretty good case against DAL. After all they certainly relied on Delta's contractual promises in purchasing millions, of not billions of dollars worth of jets.

I thought the 900's at MAG for Delta were already on the Delta certificate (many of DCI's 900's are) so MAG was never out, nor would ever be out, money for planes someone bought and pay for. Even if its some kind of lease back arrangement, I doubt Delta is trying to stick MAG with those particular airframes, since they desperately want them operated somewhere. Hopfuly one day on the mainline, but that's besides the point.

 

[Seaknight1]

I thought the 900's at MAG for Delta were already on the Delta certificate (many of DCI's 900's are) so MAG was never out, nor would ever be out, money for planes someone bought and pay for. Even if its some kind of lease back arrangement, I doubt Delta is trying to stick MAG with those particular airframes, since they desperately want them operated somewhere. Hopfuly one day on the mainline, but that's besides the point.

Freedom's CRJ-900's are on Delta's certificate. Pinnacle per the RFP had to purchase their own -900's. Our (Comair) -900's are on our certificate and SkyWest has theirs on their certificate. All Freedom's ERJ's were on the Mesa certificate prior to Freedom 2's startup and were operating for USAirways Express and United Express.

 

[PA31Driver]

Plus, who really cares about this one.....it is Freedom. I still carry my list of original freedom scum.....

Well, in that case, you need to start checking Virgin America jumpseaters against that list because a bunch of them went over there.

 

[poorpilot83]

ASA operates primarily out of ATL. Those numbers are very different at any other hub OTHER than ATL. Delta's overall performance was about what ASA's was last quarter. ATL is a difficult market to operate in and out of. Delta and anybody who has flown in and out of the ATL understands this.

Trojan

Yea because JFK is a walk in the park!

 

[brokedash]

If JO had a buyer with cash in hand for all 35 birds or if can hoodwink DL out of 35mil, he'll call it a day with the DL contract.

 

[WWEfan]

All Mesa flying are belong to ASA!

 

[pdub20s]

All Mesa flying are belong to ASA!

Thats funny...cuz I could have swor i just brought in a Freedom jet into CVG painted in Delta colors

 

[wmuflyguy]

Thats funny...cuz I could have swor i just brought in a Freedom jet into CVG painted in Delta colors

How late were you?