Originally Posted by
Lone Palm
The Mesaba contract states the pilots go with the planes, so Mesaba pilots would have to fly them until our lists are merged.
Except the planes are leased by Delta, so then Mesaba lease returns the airplanes and Pinnacle corp turns around and leases them back from Saab. In that case, the planes didn't come from Mesaba they came from Saab, so the pilots don't come with them. This is why everyone should be pushing for one list as soon as possible, there's always a way around an agreement if one party wants to look hard enough.