Originally Posted by
upndsky
For someone who isn't completely up to date with the goings on at Pinnacle, what is the status of Mesaba? I thought Colgan was going to get folded into Mesaba and it was going to be just Pinnacle flying jets and Mesaba flying props. Does this BK mean that there won't be any props left at Pinnacle?
The original plan was to move all the jets to the Pinnacle certificate and the props to the Mesaba certificate and get rid of the Colgan certificate. Due to the cost issues of starting the Q400 on the Mesaba certificate, it was decided to move the props to the Colgan certificate and get rid of the Mesaba Certificate. Then the company was going to rename Colgan Mesaba. The jets were placed on the Pinnacle certificate in Jan and the Mesaba certificate went away. There hadn't been any talk about the renaming of the Colgan certificate since December. Yesterday the company filed bankruptcy and all of the Colgan aircraft are being returned to lessors and the certificate will go away when the last Q is returned in December.