Pinnacle Corp Updates
07-13-2010, 04:57 PM
#51
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,838
July 13, 2010
A Message From Bob Muhs
Senior Vice President of Operations
When the Mesaba acquisition was announced, we communicated our intent to
work with our Pilots’ union to find opportunities for furloughed Mesaba
Pilots to move into available positions at Pinnacle.
Today, we’re happy to let you know that we are going to begin preferential
hiring of furloughed Mesaba Pilots into Pinnacle Airlines, with classes
beginning no later than July 26, 2010.
We plan to initially bring back approximately 60 Pilots for the month of
August and continue preferential hiring of Mesaba Pilots through the end
of the year. We also are pleased to let you know that ALPA has agreed on
an MOU that allows those Mesaba Pilots to have their time at Mesaba
applied for the purposes of pay and benefits at Pinnacle. For schedule
bidding purposes, seniority will be based on their start date at Pinnacle,
but Mesaba Pilots will not be required to give up their seniority number
(in order to ensure no seniority integration risks).
Mesaba pilots will receive direct, personal communications soon from John
Spanjers and Joe Restifo.
As we stated during the acquisition and again in the follow-up employee
site visits, we believe this new partnership will create more near-term
and long-term opportunities for our People. Today’s news is just one
example.
Sincerely,
Bob
A Message From Bob Muhs
Senior Vice President of Operations
When the Mesaba acquisition was announced, we communicated our intent to
work with our Pilots’ union to find opportunities for furloughed Mesaba
Pilots to move into available positions at Pinnacle.
Today, we’re happy to let you know that we are going to begin preferential
hiring of furloughed Mesaba Pilots into Pinnacle Airlines, with classes
beginning no later than July 26, 2010.
We plan to initially bring back approximately 60 Pilots for the month of
August and continue preferential hiring of Mesaba Pilots through the end
of the year. We also are pleased to let you know that ALPA has agreed on
an MOU that allows those Mesaba Pilots to have their time at Mesaba
applied for the purposes of pay and benefits at Pinnacle. For schedule
bidding purposes, seniority will be based on their start date at Pinnacle,
but Mesaba Pilots will not be required to give up their seniority number
(in order to ensure no seniority integration risks).
Mesaba pilots will receive direct, personal communications soon from John
Spanjers and Joe Restifo.
As we stated during the acquisition and again in the follow-up employee
site visits, we believe this new partnership will create more near-term
and long-term opportunities for our People. Today’s news is just one
example.
Sincerely,
Bob
07-15-2010, 06:42 AM
#52
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: CRJ 900 CA
Posts: 90
Seriously Avroman--if you bring your 'tude into any Pinnacle crewroom (which you undoubtedly will given your track record of acting superior to Pinnacle since you're at XJ)--you're going to be sadly disappointed when you run into a few of our senior pilots who were here when Pinnacle was on the upside of the whipsaw, and your group was the whipping boy...yeah--back when you guys offered the 4 for 1 deal...
Come down off your high horse chief--you're going to have to now that you're flying for what many of your ground ops folks (and pilots) have referred to as "the red-headed stepchild")....
Plenty of folks at 9E have also "been through the merrygo round"--if you bring your wholly-owned superiority complex here, you'll soon realize we have just as many folks who have "been through the merrygo round."
Come down off your high horse chief--you're going to have to now that you're flying for what many of your ground ops folks (and pilots) have referred to as "the red-headed stepchild")....
Plenty of folks at 9E have also "been through the merrygo round"--if you bring your wholly-owned superiority complex here, you'll soon realize we have just as many folks who have "been through the merrygo round."
Lastly, the only airline I've heard called the "red headed stepchild" is us. I've only heard 9E called the "golden child". Sorry for your 5 year negotiations, ours was 4. I (along with many other XJ guys) have picketed with you around your system (I saw the rat firsthand), and I was proud to be a part. But one might argue that XJ has had a rougher go of it over the last 8 years, and came out of it pretty well suprisingly. Most around here have been beat of their "high horse" many years ago, seems you're still riding tall in your saddle.
07-15-2010, 08:56 AM
#53
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2010
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 900
Slow your roll nic. There's about 70 people on your list that were here in 97. Might want to talk to them about that LOA, how it came about, and if it was a good deal for those guys. I'll put you in touch with at least 10 that are still on the XJ payroll, who would say it was a great deal, and they were glad to have the opportunity. Mainly because they would have been furloughed from Express regardless and only offered only preferiential hiring (interviews no seniority) at other ALPA carriers. Might help if you get the terms of the LOA correct too, it's in your contract under LOA 21.
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