nwa vote passes.

[flyf15]

When is the earliest thing things could really start to go south for the pilot group (ie: a large loss of aircraft, furloughs, ...) at Pinnacle, if they in fact do?

 

[xjhawk]

its great to see Delta is making 10 percent more than the NWA guys.....its also great to see that the comair deal gives them concessions which place them still above Mesaba.......oh and they might renegotiate that aswell.......to get more. what else...oh, and thank God for more regionals, cause the race to the bottom was not crowded enough........

In reality, i think that the NWA guys and gals would have voted this thing down since Delta got a lot better deal. Now whats in the future?

36 planes goes to Compass

64 planes goes to the lowest bidder.....who does what NWA tells them.....cause NWA does not want any smart kids....

Compass is sold off or an IPO is released......then after the contract is up, NWA says.....the contract is up for bid.......or they start another company........called navagator......or something....like that....then they start all over again.

 

[wmudriver]

When is the earliest thing things could really start to go south for the pilot group (ie: a large loss of aircraft, furloughs, ...) at Pinnacle, if they in fact do?

15 a/c have been parked, not in storage, but parked and taken off 9E's operating certificate. So the airline is shrinking...not growing like they were a year ago. The way the NWA family likes to give out bad news is on Fridays and especially before holidays. With 9E in Section 6 negotiations, it is possible for them to get cornholed a few times before they finally settle with the company. NWA likes to play games like that; Like shrink and grow airlines (shrunk 9E before they started recieving CRJs) and have shrunk XJ in the past (like parking 5 Avros then magically finding the funding to fly them again).

 

[MarineGrunt]

The way the NWA family likes to give out bad news is on Fridays and especially before holidays.

I had no idea Bob Slydell had a position with NWA management....

"No. No, of course not. We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week..."

 

[Monster Buck]

Judging by their new contract they are.

Bravo! You get an atta boy for that one, well said.

 

[Flyerjosh]

15 a/c have been parked, not in storage, but parked and taken off 9E's operating certificate. So the airline is shrinking...not growing like they were a year ago. The way the NWA family likes to give out bad news is on Fridays and especially before holidays. With 9E in Section 6 negotiations, it is possible for them to get cornholed a few times before they finally settle with the company. NWA likes to play games like that; Like shrink and grow airlines (shrunk 9E before they started recieving CRJs) and have shrunk XJ in the past (like parking 5 Avros then magically finding the funding to fly them again).

Saw the 15 or so Pinnacle CRJ's parked today out in Tucson, AZ... they are intermixed with about 30 former Independence Air CRJs on the South Bombardier Ramp.

Me thinks there will be more to follow.

 

[KaptainKarl]

Saw the 15 or so Pinnacle CRJ's parked today out in Tucson, AZ... they are intermixed with about 30 former Independence Air CRJs on the South Bombardier Ramp

You mean 45 Compass CRJs?

 

[wmudriver]

Our 12 Avro's are out there too, at MZJ I think.

 

[KaptainKarl]

Our 12 Avro's are out there too, at MZJ I think.

Not our Avros anymore. Gonna be a saab-only operation. Need to get concessions for the old b@stards first. After the NWA TA passed is there any question XJ will be giving huge concessions? Nope. The old b@stards will throw the young under the bus as they did during the contract.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Not our Avros anymore. Gonna be a saab-only operation. Need to get concessions for the old b@stards first. After the NWA TA passed is there any question XJ will be giving huge concessions? Nope. The old b@stards will throw the young under the bus as they did during the contract.

That's if there are any of the young still around to be thrown.... It seems most have already headed for another bus.