Mesaba Big Announcement on Friday

[DetoXJ]

I look at the spills all of the time and the 1st class cabin on the Avro is usually pretty full of passengers paying for it.

 

[Dodge]

Be that as it may, it still makes more sense/cents for us to fly it configured where it is due to our poor pay rates on it.

 

[DetoXJ]

I hear ya Dodge, but my point is that if NWA were to operate them with 85 seats then they lose the ability to market 1st class seats and thats a big blow to how much revenue the plane generates.

 

[T-handle]

Confidentiality agreements are normally signed in cases when there are buyouts (for SEC filings,protection) and our MEC/LEC reps are very tightlipped in this case. And this "Some will be happy, some won't" that is being reiterated seems to back that up... we've got a seniority list merger possibility. No one knows the results of the Chicago Express bid. ???

We know MAIR has a big ol bank full of cash, and that Foley is trying to work around the NWA pilot clause to get those CRJs some way, NWA looking for a foothold in IND.... Add in confidentiality agreements.... (and recent memos in the crewroom looking for full time Saab sim instructors and line checkairmen)...

LEC meetings in the 3 hubs starting monday morning (and our lastest hotline is encouraging everyone to attend any of these meetings), with an MEC meeting on tuesday in MSP, markets open... hmmm......

 

[homerjdispatch]

I tell ya, SkyWest is getting all jet flying from Mesaba. Retiring the Avros and replacing them with CRJ's. SkyWest will take all willing Avro pilots and intregrate(sp) them into SkyWests seniority at 1 year for every 3 years at Mesaba.


At least thats what a SkyWest FO I ran into in ORD told me. ( he was still on IOE, but informed me he had a very senior Capt. tell him all this.........)

 

[Gator1999]

I tell ya, SkyWest is getting all jet flying from Mesaba. Retiring the Avros and replacing them with CRJ's. SkyWest will take all willing Avro pilots and intregrate(sp) them into SkyWests seniority at 1 year for every 3 years at Mesaba.


At least thats what a SkyWest FO I ran into in ORD told me. ( he was still on IOE, but informed me he had a very senior Capt. tell him all this.........)

UMMMM....Yeah right....

You gotta love rumors!

 

[Mel Sharples]

I tell ya, SkyWest is getting all jet flying from Mesaba. Retiring the Avros and replacing them with CRJ's. SkyWest will take all willing Avro pilots and intregrate(sp) them into SkyWests seniority at 1 year for every 3 years at Mesaba.


At least thats what a SkyWest FO I ran into in ORD told me. ( he was still on IOE, but informed me he had a very senior Capt. tell him all this.........)

Dude, put down the keyboard and go watch some porn or Ashlee Simpson on MTV.

We are tired of hearing your same old b.s. I'm sure some f/o on IOE knows the whole plan. Go play somewhere else....

 

[Dodge]

Yeah, I am really sure that the Avro captains hired in the 80's and early 90's are chomping at the bit to lose 66% of their senority.


Maybe some of our FO's would go there. Heck, they could be captains at Skywest even if the lose 2/3 of their senority. Now that would be funny.

 

[cathal]

Homer's baiting you guys....
I'm not looking at this thread again until the union or company tells me why our boys were pulled off line to chat with each other.
I hope it's a good thing for all involved.

 

[Monster Buck]

My new thought. United is stripping wisky off some flying, Chicago E. certificate bought with 2 saabs, the rest were leased. Mesaba is largest operator of saabs. We could re lease the rest of the saabs. The united work overlapse were Mesaba operates. Start up to fly these saabs couldn't be done by anyone cheaper than Mesaba. We would have to change very very little. Our union is probably working on the intergration of the Chicago E. pilots into our seniority list. Our scope stoped Big Sky from being able to do it. MHO