Originally Posted by
flyths1
If it wasn't for the 900 Pinnacle wouldn't even be a JET PROVIDER....The 200 belong to DAL. DAL has the option to repossess the 200 anytime they wish...NWA repo-ed 15 to 20 two years ago as a way to slap Pinnacles management for it's inability to get a contract signed with the pilots.
Completely untrue. The ten-year Air Service Agreement NWA signed in 2006 (which DAL now has to abide by) provides almost no recourse for DAL to reduce the number of -200s other than swapping them 2-for-1 for 76-seaters. And they certainly cannot remove -200s "anytime they wish."
The 17 -200s which were transferred to Mesaba were covered by a specific clause which allowed NWA to do so if a pilot contract was not signed by March 31, 2007.