Airsupport

So since they announced at pinnacle that delta was cancelling our contract they have cancelled all the differences training classes and all the vacancies going into atlanta. a friend of mine who was waiting on upgrade to atlanta and had his class cancelled told me they called him on friday and they are starting the classes back again. and that they needed him to start as soon as possible. also the latest vacancy that just posted had 8 ca, and 8 fo slots open for ATL for the october vacancy. anyone else think this might be a good sign?

bohicagain

No .......

Noseeums

smoke and mirrors!

av8sean

Wouldn't surprise me. The 900's are the only RJ's that really make $$$, it made no sense to cancel them when there are so many 50 seaters floating around.

PaulFooley

Good sign? For Delta or Pinnacle?

Superpilot92

My roomate is an APD for you guys and said that those captains in training or about to start (not sure) were told they will finish the upgrade type but wont do OE and will be going back to the right seat. FWIW remember everything is subject to change and either way good luck guys.

WIPilot

As it was explained to me by a 9e captain, since you guys bought the 900s you have a certain amount of free training per aircraft purchased available due to that. So it seems they are trying to get the best use out of that that they can.

SilverandSore

No. You're grasping at straws.

Airsupport

this could very well be true. maybe we have just a certain amount of time/people that they are able to get through for free so why not hurry and get them through while it is no cost to the company.

ha. losing delta is not that big a deal for us. we have very few pilots over there. it only represents 2 percent of our flying and even less than that in our income. so grasping at straws?? nah. just posting information. most people over here dont care since we will be flying for delta in a year anyway once the merger goes through.

DAL4EVER

No big deal?? Pull your head out of your a%&. Who do you think is acquiring NWA. DAL. That means if DAL is shuttering the ATL flying they could be putting the squeeze on PNCL to remain a carrier at all. Its no secret they are actively trying to get rid of the 50 seat market here. That means that all 130+ aircraft could be easy targets in a merger. Does the ASA with Pinnacle and NWA specify that Pinnacle survives post merger? If not, DAL wouldn't have to take you to court at all to get rid of you. I'd be highly concerned if I were a Pinnacle pilot. The contract has gone on for years? Why no deal? Maybe Pinnacle doesn't feel they can raise their costs and remain competitive. They can't raise ticket prices, that's a mainline issue. Mainline can tell them that your rates are this and that's it. If costs go up because of a pilot deal then that's Pinnacle's problem.

Perhaps DAL wants to shed Comair and they boxing Pinnacle into a corner by saying if you want to remain a post merger carrier, buy Comair for $400 million. DAL gets the cash and you get a heartache.

Either way you are way to naive or ignorant to think that this simply means nothing for you.