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Look at it this way:
- Oil is over $70 a barrell and on its way to $90
- NWA said for every $1 increase in oil it costs them $50 million a year
- NWA gave their pilots their "wish list" for 1,100 furloughs and no more scope
- DC-9's just keep getting older and eating up gas
- AMFA is being broken resulting in no more union for the mechanics
With that said, it will only be a matter of days before NWA declares bankruptcy. When they do, they will get:
- The ability to make scope go away
- The ability to give Mesaba the right to operate 70 and/or 90 seaters
- The ability to force cuts on every group
- The ability to farm out more domestic flying to focus on international flying
I really don't see this playing out any other way. It also gives credance to the rise in the 70-seat rumors at Mesaba.
New planes are great, unless they come at the expense of our own future and our brothers at NWA. Things are about to get very ugly in the red tail family.
- Oil is over $70 a barrell and on its way to $90
- NWA said for every $1 increase in oil it costs them $50 million a year
- NWA gave their pilots their "wish list" for 1,100 furloughs and no more scope
- DC-9's just keep getting older and eating up gas
- AMFA is being broken resulting in no more union for the mechanics
With that said, it will only be a matter of days before NWA declares bankruptcy. When they do, they will get:
- The ability to make scope go away
- The ability to give Mesaba the right to operate 70 and/or 90 seaters
- The ability to force cuts on every group
- The ability to farm out more domestic flying to focus on international flying
I really don't see this playing out any other way. It also gives credance to the rise in the 70-seat rumors at Mesaba.
New planes are great, unless they come at the expense of our own future and our brothers at NWA. Things are about to get very ugly in the red tail family.