“Rather than solving its problems, Pinnacle executives
are attempting to use the bankruptcy process to gain an
overwhelming and unfair competitive advantage in the
industry. We firmly believe that if the bankruptcy court
allows Pinnacle to implement steep reductions in our
wages, work rules and benefits that it is proposing, the
cost of pilot attrition and inability to hire new pilots
in the future would vastly outweigh the assumed
short-term benefits of the imposed cuts. We encourage
our management to bring to the bargaining table the same
energy they have used to run to the courtroom. We must
find enough common ground to form the basis for a new
agreement, one that provides a future for both Pinnacle
Airlines and its pilots.”
Pinnacle Airlines is based in Memphis, Tennessee,
with its main flying operations based at Memphis
International Airport, with hubs at Detroit
Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint
Paul International Airport, Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and New
York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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