XJ to get 17 CRJ200's from 9E

[CFIfornow]

Per "My mesaba". The whip saw continues, not to mention staffing problems.​

 

[Grey Ghost]

To replace the 900's already? That was quick

 

[CFIfornow]

To replace the 900's already? That was quick

in addition to the 900's

 

[JoeMerchant]

Is this really any surprise to anyone other than the ALPA cheerleaders? Whipsaw works folks.... ALPA doesn't.....

Management is playing Chess, while ALPA plays checkers......

 

[Grey Ghost]

Whats your source nothing announced yet. Are they replacing the saabs?

 

[CFIfornow]

My source is the mesaba employee website. We are supposed to fly the saabs at least until the end of 2010 or 2011 (some one who knows for sure chime in) so I don't think that they are replacing anything. They're just parking 9e's airplanes with us to try to get their pilots to take a sh***y contract.

 

[OMG7778]

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix...yZXBvPXRlbmsmaXBhZ2U9NDg0Nzg1MyZhdHRhY2g9T04=

Item 8.01 Other Events
Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. (“Pinnacle”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (the “Company”), provides regional airline service to Northwest Airlines, Inc. (“Northwest”) under an Amended and Restated Airline Services Agreement that was effective January 1, 2007 (the “ASA”).
The ASA contains a provision that required Pinnacle and the Airline Pilots Association (“ALPA”) to reach a new collective bargaining agreement by March 31, 2007 to retain the 17 CRJ aircraft scheduled to be delivered to Pinnacle in 2007 on a long-term basis. Because Pinnacle and ALPA did not reach agreement by March 31, 2007, Northwest has given Pinnacle notice that it intends to transition the 15 aircraft delivered in the first quarter of 2007 to one of Northwest’s wholly owned subsidiaries expected to begin in September 2007 at a rate of two aircraft per month. In addition, Pinnacle will not receive the two remaining aircraft originally scheduled to be delivered in 2007. Upon completion of this transition, Pinnacle will operate a fleet of 124 CRJ-200 aircraft under the ASA (subject to further adjustment under certain circumstances as provided for in the ASA).
Because these aircraft were not committed to Pinnacle on a long-term basis, Pinnacle is entitled to the full amount of its stipulated unsecured claim in the Northwest bankruptcy proceedings. The Company still retains $42.5 million of this unsecured claim, and may monetize it in the near future. Any sale of this remaining claim would be treated as deferred revenue and amortized into operating revenue over the remaining term of the ASA.

Here is the link for the Pinnacle 8k filing.



This has Nothing to do with ALPA this is a management thing, NWA getting the 9e group back for not signing a substandard contract.

 

[Grey Ghost]

I just talk a buddy at colgan he said that in return for the Rj's 9E is getting Saabs in return to replace XJ routes, and Colgan may be doing Northwest stuff.

 

[Whataboutbob]

Its on Mymesaba Spanjers hot line news. Replacing Saabs is his Friday hotline news. They will have to keep us under the 79 a/c limit to keep pilots snap back provisions from taking effect. Soon Colgan will be the 4th NWA regional and Mesaba will be an all jet fleet. Im just speculating, lol

Pinnacle guys sorry about this news, XJ pilots don't prefer to steel others flying.

 

[JoeMerchant]

This has Nothing to do with ALPA this is a management thing, NWA getting the 9e group back for not signing a substandard contract.

OMG7778,

This has everything to do with ALPA.... they are failing ALL of us. Management is doing what it is supposed to do, and they are doing it well. They beating us over the head with the whipsaw hammer, and ALPA is helping them....