NWA looking for new regional partner

[ILLINI]

I've heard that NWA is looking for a new regional airline. Does anyone have the specifics of their proposal? How many aircraft, type of aircraft, where they would be based, when would it start???

If you have a link to the press release, please post.

Thank you!

 

[Anaconda]

why, so you can rush out and fly for them for sub-par pay and benefits?

 

[T-handle]

There are many sources reporting it. This is just a quick highlight from ATW....

http://www.atwonline.com/indexfull.cfm?newsid=4721

NWA pilot deal blocks Regional partners from adding RJs
Dateline: Wednesday November 10, 2004

The new cost-cutting agreement between Northwest Airlines and its pilots, which was ratified last week (ATWOnline, Nov. 8), effectively will bar the carrier's existing Airlink partners Pinnacle and Mesaba from operating any of the 40 additional 50-seat RJs permitted under terms of the contract, a Regional airline source told ATWOnline.

NWA instead will outsource the flying to a third party, possibly to avoid the too-many-eggs-in-one-basket syndrome. Such a supplier would have to provide the aircraft, requiring no capital investment from Northwest.

Last week NWA said that new pilot agreement will allow it to reduce its annual pilot costs by $265 million in each of the next two years.--Sandra Arnoult


Also check out this thread:

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=42076

 

[Steveair]

Does anyone know if Pinnacle is still interviewing?

 

[LivinDaDream]

Don't start drooling!!!

The agreement allows for 40 additional 50 seaters ONLY in the event of a current Legacy's failure. It is for the SOLE purpose of instantly jumping into a void if one occurs without any Capital investment from NWA, rather than waiting for a current AirLink to buy aircraft and train pilots. It's an insurance policy against something that may never occur.

Last I heard Pinnacle and Mesaba are hiring.

 

[avrodriverj85]

Guys - enough is enough. When are we going to finally take control of our own union by re-calling this MEC, namely Tom Wychor. Send this scoundral back to the line, in shame where he belongs.


ALPA’s Letter to Mesaba Pilots Illustrates Why Legal Action is Necessary

In the aftermath of ALPA’s Northwest agreement, the chairman of Mesaba’s MEC sent to all Mesaba pilots a letter that conceded ALPA’s new mainline agreement was inconsistent with ALPA’s “family” or “brand scope” promises. The letter also confirmed that ALPA’s new agreement specifically prohibited Mesaba from operating any of the additional “permitted” small jets. However, instead of defending the interests of the Mesaba pilots, the letter defended the union’s bad faith conduct, including how ALPA “does not wish to allow NWA to finance aircraft not flown by mainline pilots.”

In characteristic fashion, ALPA’s letter glossed over the union’s glaring conflict of interest and the fact that ALPA violated yet again its duties to the Mesaba pilots. The letter also attempted to mislead the Mesaba pilots by portraying the new agreement as a “sacrifice” by the mainline interests, while ignoring the fact that the Northwest pilots received a 15-million dollar “bargaining credit” in exchange for the new small-jet restrictions.

Significantly, the letter’s author is also an ALPA Executive Vice-President and the co-chair of ALPA’s Bilateral Scope Impact Committee (BSIC.) ALPA’s officers, including all if its Vice-Presidents, have refused repeated written requests to investigate the legitimacy and fairness of the union’s mainline bargaining practices. Likewise, ALPA’s BSIC Committee has ignored the real issues at the heart of the union’s “scope” problems and, not surprisingly, has elected to characterize quantifiable objections concerning ALPA’s mainline scope practices as mere “perceptions” and “feelings.”

While ALPA says the ongoing litigation is meritless, its own actions affirm that the union will ignore its duties to its “regional” members whenever it is politically expedient. As the Courts have ruled, the intent of having judicial oversight over a union is to ensure that union members are never left without recourse or remedy. When ALPA’s officials defend the union’s conduct while conveniently refusing to investigate its legitimacy, the need for legal intervention becomes even more apparent.

 

[generaltso]

How many CRJ's does Air Whisky have? It's almost too good to be true.

 

[lionflyer]

AWAC has 70 CRJ's....that will probably need a new home somewhere soon.

 

[storminpilot]

How many CRJ's does Air Whisky have? It's almost too good to be true.

NWA would be all too happy to steal 40 RJs overnight from UAL. Talk about taking market share and then jamming your competitor and making him scramble.

I would assume Indy Air will bid for NWA flying.

 

[Furloughed80]

In the unlikely situation that Air Wisconsin's 40 RJs do go to Northwest, where will the other 30 RJs go, and what will happen to the 146s? I hope there will not be any furloughs!