F9 still in play

[N1atEcon]

If this is true Johny S and the FAPA team will go down as making one major error in judgement while trying to save their beloved left seat's.

 

[USMC319]

Maybe its Lynx. Heard they might be for sale.

 

[Lear70]

Maybe its Lynx. Heard they might be for sale.

Why?

That's the best part of the whole deal for RAH. Great regional aicraft, many airlines want to operate them, ready-made crews with no flow-back rights to worry about from F9, and no delivery time waits to get them or lining up financing, etc.

If I were a betting person, I'd bet money Bedford already had a contract lined up for those Q-400's before this deal even was on the table...

 

[MINIME]

Boy if this is true, this could get ugly. I feel for the F9 guys if this has any merit.

 

[snowman]

Bedford said he has not even thought about the future of Lynx. He doesn't like turboprops. sounds like a few will head to wisconson. Lynx sounds like an afterthought to Bedford. Wonder what will happen to Lynx. Southwest would be great for the pilots @ lynx. But that is a bit far fetched...

 

[Cometman]

Boy if this is true, this could get ugly. I feel for the F9 guys if this has any merit.

They made their bed so they have to sleep in it. Like the old saying goes "becarefull what you wish for, it may come true".

 

[slaquer5]

Boy if this is true, this could get ugly. I feel for the F9 guys if this has any merit.

Dont they are better off. They got what they wanted and did not believe that SWA would not furlough more F9 pilots. The SWA pilots would have taken a reduction in there lines to help the F9 guys. Now all bets are off. The F9 pilots showed Gary there true colors and what they think of SWA.

 

[Whine Lover]

"The SWA pilots would have taken a reduction in there lines to help the F9 guys. Now all bets are off."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_WesTtHf2Q&feature=related

YUP.

I think this will go down historically as one of the most MONUMENTAL F-UP's to EVER have happened within this Industry ( or what is left of it ).


Mama Boucher: Bobby, deh ever catch dat gorilla that busted outa da zoo and punched you in da eye?
Bobby Boucher: No Mama, the search continues.



Best of Luck to all you Gentleman and Ladies....Oh, and you too..."Waterboy".

 

[Porch]

"The SWA pilots would have taken a reduction in there lines to help the F9 guys. Now all bets are off."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_WesTtHf2Q&feature=related

YUP.

I think this will go down historically as one of the most MONUMENTAL F-UP's to EVER have happened within this Industry ( or what is left of it ).

Duh...."Hey Waterboy!"

"My Mama say's....My Mama say's..."

Mama Boucher: Bobby, deh ever catch dat gorilla that busted outa da zoo and punched you in da eye?
Bobby Boucher: No Mama, the search continues.


Dem boys..Dey Genius....Doan make no steak bout' it....You daon mess wid de DEBIL!


Best of Luck to all you Gentleman and Ladies....


Alexander d'loiscious Azemanhole

Please stop... the pain is unbearable!

 

[Whine Lover]

K....I tried to "water it down" to make it more palatable.

" Howebba, Dat is some delicious H20 ..."


OW.

 

[FBN0223]

A WN and F9 merger would have been one tough airline to compete against. It would have all but locked up DEN and provided WN some key international routes. With similar corporate cultures, the F9 pilots would blended well into the WN team. Staple job? That's sucks but if WN was willing to give years of service credit for pay and vacation purposes, in the long term it would have been better to take the staple, a hit on pay for F9 Capts, but significantly more job security in the long-term.

Frontier is a great airline which should not be associated in any way with Republic.

 

[Whine Lover]

" a hit on pay for F9 Capts.."

Incorrect.

There was pay protection at....get this,..........PRIOR TO BANKRUPTCY F9 CBA RATES ( hear that? ) OR.....SWA RATES....WHICHEVER WAS HIGHER.

Much like the Morris deal.

Whatever, I guess...Waterboys.


YKRAMS

 

[FBN0223]

" a hit on pay for F9 Capts.."

Incorrect.

There was pay protection at....get this,..........PRIOR TO BANKRUPTCY F9 CBA RATES ( hear that? ) OR.....SWA RATES....WHICHEVER WAS HIGHER.

Much like the Morris deal.

Whatever, I guess...Waterboys.


YKRAMS

Pay protection? If that's the case and I happened to be negotiating on behalf of the F9 pilots, I would have taken the deal.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

It is pretty easy to "monday morning QB" the F9 guys, but they were probably facing a furlough of one-third of their FOs within 90 days with a staple. That is a tough call any way you slice it.

The timeline for the deal did not allow an opportunity for either side to truly negotiate a deal that they could live with.

 

[Lear70]

It is pretty easy to "monday morning QB" the F9 guys, but they were probably facing a furlough of one-third of their FOs within 90 days with a staple.

I doubt that very seriously...