Straight from the CO website...

The jets going from Mesaba to Pinnacle is called an asset transfer. The current Mesaba Pilot contract provides for such a transfer as long as the Pilots operating the aircraft move with the aircraft. That means a subset of Mesaba Pilots would move to Pinnacle with the aircraft, not the entire Mesaba Pilot group. Who moves and how they move will be subject to negotiation with ALPA, and ALPA also will determine how these pilots will be integrated into Pinnacle’s seniority list. Management does not do that. Management only would determine the number of Pilots needed. We also will collaborate with Flight Attendant and Mechanic work groups at Mesaba to determine how to provide for a subset of Flight Attendants and Mechanics to move to Pinnacle with the jet aircraft.

Combining the airlines - Colgan and Mesaba People and assets - is a merger. All of the People, aircraft and assets at both organizations would become a single airline with the Mesaba name. While the airlines would merge, the outstanding People who make up the culture of these two great airlines are what’s most important to owning our future. The respective unions and labor contracts would determine how seniority is decided for People covered under union agreements. Management does not do that. For work groups at Mesaba and Colgan that have different unions (or no union at all), there are established regulatory procedures for how the employees of the combined work groups would determine which union should represent them, or the employees could elect to decertify an existing union. Management does not decide this.



I guess the Colgan guys will not be going to 9E unless some sort of single SLI is worked out and you can bid what your seniority holds...we shall see