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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 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.
Certainly more plausible than the idea of Phildo speaking anything close to the truth. NW is doing management a favor -- we couldn't staff an additional 17 planes anyways. I talked with someone in Scheduling last week and they said the MSP base is continuing to shrink.