At the union meetings I've been at the ALPA attorneys have stated this LOA you keep bringing up is not valid. Circumstances are completely different. Now I don't know where some Pinnacle guys are trying to invoke some internet battle with Mesaba pilots. I don't get it.

The few guys I know that came from Express never told me they were unhappy. In fact if it was such a bad deal why are there some of them still here?

Our contract isn't the greatest, just ask us we'll tell you. We'll even point out the area's. But the the fact is If no changes were made to the XJ contract, most Captains at Pinnacle would get close to a $6 an hour raise. Our work rules are better (but I could be wrong), the FO's blended rates are a failure of a previous MEC. Insurance is a not as good as yours. Our 401k really good.

If Colgan were to just come to our contract, it would be a "WindFall". They are so bad off now that if I were them I'd just wait patiently.

Now I know that there have been some posts on how Pinnacle pilots would never have voted in our current bankruptcy LOA. Well that's good. But I DID vote for it. We gambled and I think we are all better off. Some don't agree and carry the hate. I can't help that but being upset about raises you never got doesn't seem reasonable and if you spent the money before you got it, well that's a different story.

Now I would like someone on the Pinnacle side to give me a comparison of what was so bad about our contract vs. what you guys got. I don't know facts. I really would like to know. I hope your contract is better. Educate me.

Now this is what I have extreme confidence in: I will stay in my current position and base even after contract and SLI. I suspect you will too. If there were a lot of FO's thinking they were going to get a sudden upgrade based on 7 year and higher Captains getting downgraded based on some old goodwill LOA from 10 years ago...well all I can say is that will not happen.

Good morning