Thanks for the information, I am a new"hire" in the Dec 12 class, and this is all very relavent stuff. I turned down several other opportunities to take Pinnacle, which would be my first pure-jet job, and I very much hope it works out. My family and I want to live/be based in MEM, and if that's possible, I'll be willing to be flexible about some things. I commuted to work for a *commuter for a while and pretty much got treated like an otherwise useless cog in the wheel. Except for the flying I generally hated it. If this job doesn't work out I will very seriously consider flushing this whole pipe dream and never looking back. But for now I'm going to do my best in training, and I'm not changing anything until I've had my turn at the helm. I deserve it for all the work and money it's taken to get here. I think Pinnacle will be a great place to hang my hat, and let's face it, they've got the BEST-LOOKING airplane and the BEST-SOUNDING callsign around.

One of the previous posts said something about a "Failure rate in training as high as 53%" Why would they allow that many fails if they needed warm bodies to fill the right seats? What have you heard about Pinnacle's training department. Is it at least quality training?

btw, I almost went to Mesaba back when I was taking the commuter job, how do you like it there Saab340? Upcoming furlough notwithstanding.