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PCL_128
Ugh. That is....troubling.
PINNACLE AIRLINES BRIDGE AGREEMENT Among
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.,
and
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL and
PINNACLE AIRLINES CORP.
and
PINNACLE MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
benefits and commitments contained herein and subject to the following conditions:
1. Making Aircraft Commitments
a. Delta commits to maintain in the Delta Connection fleet (i.e., aircraft in service, in maintenance or operational spares) at Pinnacle no fewer than forty-one (41) jet aircraft certificated for operation in the United States for seventy-six (76) passenger seats and with a maximum gross takeoff weight of 86,000 pounds or less (“76-seaters”).
b. Delta commits to place and maintain in the Delta Connection fleet at Pinnacle the incremental forty (40) 76-seater deliveries above the total in the Delta Connection fleet as of December 1, 2012 (i.e., 76-seat aircraft numbers 154 through 193 in the Delta Connection fleet). For purposes of this provision, the transfer to Pinnacle of any 76-seater in the Delta Connection fleet at another Delta Connection carrier will offset on a one-for-one basis the commitment to deliver to and maintain at Pinnacle any of such incremental forty (40) 76- seater deliveries.
c. The commitments in Section 1.a.-b. will terminate and shall be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of:
i. the termination of the Delta Connection Agreement between Delta and Pinnacle (“Delta- Pinnacle DCA”), as may be amended from time to time, that governs the operation of the aircraft subject to Section 1.a.-b., in accordance with its terms so long as Pinnacle, or its successor, is not an affiliate (as defined in the Delta PWA) of Delta Air Lines, Inc.