Would you consider this plea for picking up flying at 150% as a way to mask the underlying problems at Pinnacle? It's convenient to blame Mesaba and our issues and to gloss over the fact your airline is run by people who can't manage their way out of a paper bag. The fact is that you guys have a staffing problem that was out of control long before the 200s started coming to Mesaba.

As for our Saab staffing... I would say we are indeed overstaffed on saab pilots. OVERALL we're overstaffed. The staffing unfortunately is lop sided with more CA's than necessary in MSP and less in the other 2 bases. Therefore the need for out of base reserve. I suspect this will even out as more saab CAs from MSP leave for the jets.