Delta and America West merger?

[FlyDeltasJets]

Cactus,

I agree with you that this rumor is a long shot at best, but I've been surprised before! For the record, I hope you are right.

By the way, would you mind posting your MEC hotline number? I enjoy listening to them.

Thanks

 

[cactus]

FlyDeltaJets check your private messages.

 

[skydiverdriver]

Cactus,
Yes, I know you don't have Dash-8's anymore. I knew some of your pilots furloughed from in when I worked at Piedmont. However, it was a hypothetical question only, and I appreciate FDJ for answering it.

So, if Delta purchased Mesa, and they had one 90 seat airplane, all of Mesa's pilots would be folded into Delta ahead of Comair and ASA's pilots? Does that make sense to anyone? So, Comair is restricted from purchasing a 90 seater, because of Delta's scope clause, but another airline could do it BEFORE they were purchased and then be merged? So, just because we are owned by Delta, we are restricted from doing the one thing that would get us merged. This sounds pretty dangerous to me.

Well, if Delta does purchase Cactus, they will have to get behind Comair and ASA pilots since we were purchased first.

 

[RJFlyer]

SDD:

So, if Delta purchased Mesa, and they had one 90 seat airplane, all of Mesa's pilots would be folded into Delta ahead of Comair and ASA's pilots?

But I'm of the understanding that Mesa can't have 90 seaters (or 70-seaters, for that matter), that's why they're starting Freedom Air.

 

[skydiverdriver]

Well, Mesa has 90 seaters ordered, so they are getting them. How they fly them is a matter for the owner of Mesa to determine, but my point was as soon as they have one90 seater, they would be more worthy of merging with Delta mainline than an ASA or Comair pilot who has been owned by Delta for two years now.