TurnandPull
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- Apr 6, 2003
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Curious that one week after citing serious financial problems at TSA to encourage us to extend our already 9 year old contract that it's revealed that Trans States Holdings can afford to take delivery of 6 brand new CRJ700s as well as hold options on 10 more.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock News/2195367/
These orders were apparently placed almost a year ago in a very different financial climate; but are we truly expected to believe that Trans States Airlines is on the verge of going broke but that Trans States HOLDINGS has $207 Million dollars laying around to cut a deal like this!?!
Is this Holdings way of announcing to us that we have no influence over their acquisition of more aircraft at Gojet? If so though, how will they continue to push a contract extension with no scope or job-protection at us under the threat of bankruptcy and catastrophe? Or was it not even their intention to have this information revealed?
I believe this signals the beginning of the endgame of this entire situation. TSH has been invited to speak with a small group of level-headed and highly respected pilots on behalf of TSA-ALPA with the intention of proposing a zero-cost way of solving this whole mess: Become a SINGLE CARRIER in the eyes of the NMB. As of now they still have not responded to our invitation to clear this whole mess up and put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
We are willing to pay a price to piece this company back together again and move forward in the same way as Chataugua/Shuttle/Republic or Colgan/Pinnacle. Only as one united labour group can TSH regain the respect of the industry and re-aquire the financing necessary to move forward in a rapidly evolving marketplace. Continuing to posture and bicker over pennies will only put this Single Carrier even further behind our stronger competitors. With a mutually sought single carrier determination we can put up fences, merge the lists in the fairest way possible under ALPA merger policies, and put behind us the mutually destructive relationship we've (both sides) built over the last decade.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock News/2195367/
These orders were apparently placed almost a year ago in a very different financial climate; but are we truly expected to believe that Trans States Airlines is on the verge of going broke but that Trans States HOLDINGS has $207 Million dollars laying around to cut a deal like this!?!
Is this Holdings way of announcing to us that we have no influence over their acquisition of more aircraft at Gojet? If so though, how will they continue to push a contract extension with no scope or job-protection at us under the threat of bankruptcy and catastrophe? Or was it not even their intention to have this information revealed?
I believe this signals the beginning of the endgame of this entire situation. TSH has been invited to speak with a small group of level-headed and highly respected pilots on behalf of TSA-ALPA with the intention of proposing a zero-cost way of solving this whole mess: Become a SINGLE CARRIER in the eyes of the NMB. As of now they still have not responded to our invitation to clear this whole mess up and put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
We are willing to pay a price to piece this company back together again and move forward in the same way as Chataugua/Shuttle/Republic or Colgan/Pinnacle. Only as one united labour group can TSH regain the respect of the industry and re-aquire the financing necessary to move forward in a rapidly evolving marketplace. Continuing to posture and bicker over pennies will only put this Single Carrier even further behind our stronger competitors. With a mutually sought single carrier determination we can put up fences, merge the lists in the fairest way possible under ALPA merger policies, and put behind us the mutually destructive relationship we've (both sides) built over the last decade.