It's one list and one contract for Pinna-col-aba

[Butters]

August 21, 2010​

Fellow employees:​

I wanted to let you know that the management of Mesaba, Colgan and Pinnacle, along with the leadership at ALPA, have reached a consensus to negotiate for a single contract that will include the pilots at each of the three airlines. We plan to meet with ALPA the week of August 23 to determine the ground rules for conducting negotiations with the hope that we can then immediately start expedited negotiations. The negotiations would also address any issues arising from the purchase of Mesaba by Pinnacle Corp. The date to start negotiations will be determined after we finish the ground rules for conducting them. My thanks to the Master Executive Council and everyone at Mesaba for the hard work we have already done. This is positive news and a big step toward producing an agreement that’s fair for the pilots and our airline.​

Sincerely,​

John Spanjers
President​

Mesaba Airlines

 

[Raskal]

I wonder if anyone has stopped laughing yet.

 

[Simon Says]

What is funny about that?

 

[higney85]

For the first time in 5+ years we have one word.... Leverage.

 

[belliott]

For the first time in 5+ years we have one word.... Leverage.

Karma is a bitch kids.... what goes around comes around.

 

[N2264J]

For the first time in 5+ years we have one word.... Leverage.

Not really.

Mesaba/Pinnacle/Colgan will still be competing with several other MECs and non union carriers for the same flying.

You can thank ALPA for that.

 

[dooork]

Not really.

Mesaba/Pinnacle/Colgan will still be competing with several other MECs and non union carriers for the same flying.

You can thank ALPA for that.

Welcome to the world. You can thank your parents for that.

 

[General Lee]

Not really.

Mesaba/Pinnacle/Colgan will still be competing with several other MECs and non union carriers for the same flying.

You can thank ALPA for that.

You can thank the Comair MEC for that when they got their "big" contract after the $1 billion strike back in 2001. They went for the money, and forgot about scope. Ooooops. And they pizzed off everyone else. That is the story about "Condom Air, Delta Protection."


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[the palm]

You can thank the Comair MEC for that when they got their "big" contract after the $1 billion strike back in 2001. They went for the money, and forgot about scope. Ooooops. And they pizzed off everyone else. That is the story about "Condom Air, Delta Protection."


Bye Bye---General Lee

What's that saying about people who live in glass houses?

C'mon, Genital Lee. You have to admit that much of the blame lies with Delta mainline and the relaxation of their scope. It's just too bad mainline pilots will never learn this lesson. You can always bet they will remain short-sighted and take the money when it comes to scope. Can't wait to see the 100 seaters start popping up at the DCI carriers.

 

[bri5150]

Wow, has this thread gotten off track.

Butters, thank you for posting the good news. I think we all can agree that having one contract for all three carriers together is a good thing.