Originally Posted by
yamahas3
No, and it doesn't surprise me one bit. The first thing that probably on PT's mind the morning when he found out about the crash was that they just lost one flight's worth of completion factor. He even cracked a bit of a smile and joke in his news conference the next morning before catching himself.
Newsflash, Everyone (public, FAA, NTSB, pilots, ...): Pinnacle would rather have people DIE than compromise their profit margins. Every single thing they put out, even if disguised as safety related, is 100% created for financial reasons. These people are evil and from someone on the outside looking in, it is completely disgusting. I will NEVER, EVER let anyone I know get on a Pinnacle Corp aircraft. You guys, the ones of you who work for Pinnacle or Colgan, need to stand up against that company. Nobody else, including even the FAA, will and it really needs to happen before they kill more people. Figure out some way to stand together and fight this company, the industry needs it and public deserves it.
Actually, the lawsuit and insurance liabilities compromise the profit margin. That is why the policy just released is so perplexing. It harms their profit margin potential. Think of the way this will play in front of a jury. Incredibly shortsighted even from a profit margin view. Makes me want to start an airline with competition management decisions like this example.