Correct me if I'm wrong here but the PSA MEC probably doesn't have much of a leg to stand on/quote]
You're corrected. Here are some facts: The group (Mainline) is willing and hopeful to spend the money on airframes. Doug Parker said the following words in the following order and they are available for download on theHub: "Gosh, Mesa sucks!" The infrastructure that cost a bunch of cashola to implement exists already with PSA. The control of the product is a hot button issue (how many crews [turds] does MESA have per aircraft, and how many cancellations do they have per day?) What better way to control product with the slightest premium to bringing them on property?
Easy. Give them to PSA... with one unforeseen result from the TA: they didn't grab their 360 hour MAPD ankles. They didn't have such whorish resiliency!
So, you have a group of pilots with ballz, along with AWAC. If you listen to the PSA MEC message, so does PDT.
Fact is, the jets are going to PSA. Facter is, they're not being flown for shyte wages. Facterest is, god dang the cun tract carriers- let's bring the boon of success back to the ones who carried the brunt of failure during bankruptcy. It's about time they invested money in an airline that can't spend it on the competition (yeah, them's US painted planes, but we also fly Delta planes, and AA planes, and UAUAUAUAUAUAUA planes for now...). At any rate, they've stopped the slide.
My hat's off to them.