Fact: ALPA National left Pinnacle to twist in the wind, provided no leadership and allowed DAL to concentrate all their forces and funds on a small pilot group. That is unconscionable.
Fact: Pinnacle should have not accepted a deal not required by the BK judge but acted out of fear.
FACT: we should all pitched in for preferential hiring at other properties and let Pinnacle shutter the operation rather than start a race to the bottom for the rest of the industries.
Where to go from here? Start a bidding war for the pilots out there, encourage applicants to go to non bottom feeding operators, push for SLI for large RJ operators. Turn the tables, suck it up and swallow some pride.