Pinnacle Airlines is the better choice. The Saab is a prop and not very attractive flight time to the major Airlines. local destinations small backwater towns whose names I do not know. I have enough turboprop time. I repeat the big boys like jet time period.
I love my pilot group, Flight attendents and employees. I would not trade Pinnacle for Mesaba. But it does not mean that Mesaba is not a great company. But I prefer Pinnacle and I am tired of turboprops. I got about 4000 hours flying them.
We fly to nice places, have cool crews, well maintained airplanes, nice checkairmen, respectful towards our peers, 4 pilot bases and two models of an excellent airplane. What else do you want! life is good.