Pinnacle is Going Bye Bye!

[Tank Commander]

Lear70,
What up man? Same thing here. Doing oe in DTW this week. Been in ATL since DEC. Be back there in a couple of weeks. Hope all is good.

 

[Flyer1015]

Ring ring ring ring

PCL: (picking up phone) "Hey, how's it going"

Delta: "Good, good, how's your contract talks coming along? You know, we need that settled before the merger..."

PCL: " Yeah, you know, those pilots are a real pain in the rear, they actually want more pay and better work rules, and they're ticked off and fighting hard"

Delta: "Is there anything we can do to help out? Ya know, we really need this settled...."

PCL: "Ya sure, we need to swat them down, really put some pressure on them"

Delta: "OK we got just the thing for you. Let me tell you how it goes (whisper whisper)"

Curtain drops.

Considering that PT and Anderson are bed mates, there's probably truth to that phone call, more than you realize.

 

[Smarta$$]

For the union diehards....Sounds like the PNCL folks aren't "working to rule"....99% completion on the NWA side and reports that 9 out of 10 captains aren't participating....What say you? We know it works....why aren't they participating....????

Could it be that most in this industry.....especially at this level....don't want to "rock the boat"......

Are we really "all in this together"....or are we "all in this for ourselves".....There is a difference........

Holly CRAP! I found a joemerchant post that I actually agree with.

 

[Smarta$$]

They will probably be used to replace 50-seaters in the PCL NW contract.

I dissagree.

 

[Tank Commander]

ASA just went 100% acars last month in their 200's. Log booking has always been the Company choice for performance numbers. Especially in a place like ATL. One thunderstorm and you are spending two days repositioning A/C to ketch-up. Now, Big brother is watching.......

 

[RJLoser]

Ring ring ring ring

PCL: (picking up phone) "Hey, how's it going"

Delta: "Good, good, how's your contract talks coming along? You know, we need that settled before the merger..."

PCL: " Yeah, you know, those pilots are a real pain in the rear, they actually want more pay and better work rules, and they're ticked off and fighting hard"

Delta: "Is there anything we can do to help out? Ya know, we really need this settled...."

PCL: "Ya sure, we need to swat them down, really put some pressure on them"

Delta: "OK we got just the thing for you. Let me tell you how it goes (whisper whisper)"

Curtain drops.

Ditto.

Though I think it happened on the golf course over Cohibas and booze.

 

[DashTrash400]

Ring ring ring ring

PCL: (picking up phone) "Hey, how's it going"

Delta: "Good, good, how's your contract talks coming along? You know, we need that settled before the merger..."

PCL: " Yeah, you know, those pilots are a real pain in the rear, they actually want more pay and better work rules, and they're ticked off and fighting hard"

Delta: "Is there anything we can do to help out? Ya know, we really need this settled...."

PCL: "Ya sure, we need to swat them down, really put some pressure on them"

Delta: "OK we got just the thing for you. Let me tell you how it goes (whisper whisper)"

Curtain drops.

Smartest thing I've read on FI in quite a while.

 

[Cokie907]

I don't know what this Joe Merchant character is talking about at 9E. Our SOP at DTW is succinctly expressed by 3 slogans:

1) Burn baby burn
2) heat 'em up
3) Do them no favors, show them no mercy.

oops, almost forgot number 4

A delay per day, makes Phil go gray!

 

[rickair7777]

Ring ring ring ring

PCL: (picking up phone) "Hey, how's it going"

Delta: "Good, good, how's your contract talks coming along? You know, we need that settled before the merger..."

PCL: " Yeah, you know, those pilots are a real pain in the rear, they actually want more pay and better work rules, and they're ticked off and fighting hard"

Delta: "Is there anything we can do to help out? Ya know, we really need this settled...."

PCL: "Ya sure, we need to swat them down, really put some pressure on them"

Delta: "OK we got just the thing for you. Let me tell you how it goes (whisper whisper)"

Curtain drops.

Under any other circumstances I'd say total BS, go straighten out yout tin-foil hat.

Given the relationship petween PT and Anderson I suppose it is almost remotely possible but still HIGHLY unlikely.

Anderson has far bigger problems right now than a handful regional-tards and their little contract.

Also pulling a stunt like this materially affects the stocks of two PUBLICLY TRADED companies. The SEC swat team would be strapping on their assault gear... Is PT willing to go to jail over that contract? I'll go out on a limb and say Anderson is most certainly NOT.

What's really going on is pretty obvious...

DAL is in deep doo-doo and is looking to make reductions at almost any cost...it's a feeding frenzy, and small, poorly managed regionals are the weak herd animals in this scenario. Nothing personal, just business...

 

[DoinTime]

Under any other circumstances I'd say total BS, go straighten out yout tin-foil hat.

Given the relationship petween PT and Anderson I suppose it is almost remotely possible but still HIGHLY unlikely.

Anderson has far bigger problems right now than a handful regional-tards and their little contract.

Also pulling a stunt like this materially affects the stocks of two PUBLICLY TRADED companies. The SEC swat team would be strapping on their assault gear... Is PT willing to go to jail over that contract? I'll go out on a limb and say Anderson is most certainly NOT.

What's really going on is pretty obvious...

DAL is in deep doo-doo and is looking to make reductions at almost any cost...it's a feeding frenzy, and small, poorly managed regionals are the weak herd animals in this scenario. Nothing personal, just business...

I don't recall Richard Anderson going to jail the last time he pulled this exact same stunt at Northwest with Mesaba.

 

[TurboAWD]

Under any other circumstances I'd say total BS, go straighten out yout tin-foil hat.

Before I became an airline pilot and really looked at the M.O. of mgmt, I would have said the same thing.

Unfortunately, this is typical S*** at an airline.
Hard to explain to non-airline employees, because they look at you like you are a radical union nut wearing the tinfoil hat you mention.

Turbo

 

[Speedtape]

Work by the rules==that's what they pay you to do!