Skywest to buy Mesaba?

[SEVEN]

It's all going down tomorrow or Friday (likely tomorrow). See you in SLC.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Have you asked your MEC where they will be tomorrow? Are they still flying? (all of you all not just ASA)

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I thought Freedom had 17 or so 900's.

 

[i fly boxes]

freedom had 900s that were then awarded to comair but then sent to pinnacle for a temporary amount of time and then awarded to mesaba but then only a couple of them went to mesaba and the rest went to ASA and now i am completly tounge tied and going crazy.

Makes a lot of sense though that skywest sent those 900's from mesaba to asa if they were going to be combined though.

 

[mynameisjim]

freedom had 900s that were then awarded to comair but then sent to pinnacle for a temporary amount of time and then awarded to mesaba but then only a couple of them went to mesaba and the rest went to ASA and now i am completly tounge tied and going crazy.

Makes a lot of sense though that skywest sent those 900's from mesaba to asa if they were going to be combined though.

You raise a good point, which is that none of these airlines actually own the 900's (or E-175s for Compass) so mergers and acquisitions are almost an exercise. Why buy an airline (crew supply company) when they don't own their planes and they could just be transferred to the potential purchaser.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

All the chatter points to a early AM announcement. Call your reps.

 

[RiddleEagle18]

All the chatter points to a early AM announcement. Call your reps.

is compass involved in this chatter?

 

[SiuDude]

All the chatter points to a early AM announcement. Call your reps.

I am still hearing that it's going to be Monday afternoon.

 

[budd]

They will wait till Mon so Mesaba doesn't have 400+ sick calls over the 4th. They could anyway after all the silence and bad vibes. Shut it down and let all the funny underwear have all the flying. Then the "WIVES" are happy!!!!! 15 years at MSA and the magic underwear pilots (skywest they know what it means)) have treated us the ********************tiest. Fock SLC and Jeffers lovers!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bomberbubba]

No....it's tomorrow.

 

[Flyer1015]

And this thread perfectly highlights why anyone young enough at the regionals should be working as hard as possible to bail out to a LCC/major/legacy so they can fly for an airline that does not feed someone else.

I can't count how many CAs I fly with who are "holding out" for someone "better" than JetBlue or Airtran. Wake up people, you are flying for a Delta Connection carrier on a 50 seat Regional Jet. Our RJ is already on the verge of being un-economical, if not passed it. On top of that, there are several hundred too many RJs as is. To top that off, there are almost a dozen regional carriers that in some way fly for Delta. Do the math. Your future at a place like Airtran or Jetblue is FAR more safer than at your current Delta Connection carrier. And the sooner you are able to bail out, the better off you'll be.

 

[Erlanger]

My friend at Mesaba who's on the MEC just called me and told me he and the others were called for a 6:30am conference call. Why so suddenly and so early?

 

[xjgearbtch]

drumroll please................ hear eeee hear eeee, hear eeee, having been weighed and measured, Mesaba Airlines you have been found...........

 

[Ad Lib]

Several reasons. The pilots are under a collective bargaining agreement. If what I am hearing comes down several airlines' scope language will come into play.

The fact ALPA was not brought in earlier does not suggest a transaction favorable to labor. At the same time, Jerry Atkin typically promotes labor peace, despite his loathing for ALPA. News perceived as good news is usually announced Monday. Bad news comes out on Fridays so managers are not bothered with talking about things they find unpleasant.

Good luck to all involved.

 

[Ad Lib]

Either that, or it is a party for the 30th anniversary of the greatest story ever told ....