Ummm. A little late to the party are we?!
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The decisions for the future have been made with or without whatever is in the Pinnacle TA.
If the TA passes or not the only difference will be that the top 400 Captains keep their place. Either way the aircraft will slowly go away until there is 81 or zero. There is no way Delta can or would just shut the doors.
So if the TA doesn't pass, then yes, this is Comair all over again. Over the course of the next 3 years every one will lose their jobs.
If the TA passes all but the top 800 pilots get cut, half of them get down graded. They are at the top of the respective pay scales, and will never hire again. Their costs will be too high, and it will be just like Comair all over again.
Simple enough to understand?
Ahh the old "if we vote yes, all will be well" people.... The one's who think that by voting yes you will miraculously save the airline are either...
1) really really naive
2) Way to green in the industry
3) Have had their head in the sand for the past decade
If you think that Delta will suddenly change directions because you all decide to give up 2 bucks an hour and accept 50% deadhead pay.. (just guessing) your wrong..... The decisions for the future have been made with or without whatever is in the Pinnacle TA.
What Delta is successfulling doing is slowly cutting costs regional by regional.....Think long term on this one boys... There will shortly be a next regional who will be pressured into giving up pay and work rules to gain/keep flying.. A few years down the road Pinanacle goes through this again etc....
The ones who aren't able to get out, in 10 years, will be working the same job, for less money/rules, than you are now. With a higher COL.. And trust me there aren't enough Legacy jobs out there for everyone.
This goes way beyond the company as an airline. RA and menke are manipulating the stock, driving it down now, then selling after they announce the plan to save it and the price spikes. Then when dal does buy pncl they will pay a premium to shareholders (themselves included) and double-dip on their investment.
180+ airframes equate to how many flights per day? I dont know the answer, but if Pinnacle ceases, how much backfill could all the operators of Delta Airlines handle? A little, but there would be mass cancellations, stranded passengers, hotel rooms, delta dollars, lawsuits, and the brand would experience a massive blow. Yes they would recover, but it would be awhile. Comairs strike cost Delta 200 million+.... That was planned meaning delta knew it was coming, imagine if 182 airframes vanished today....