Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Hey guys I'm curious. I was talking to an old buddy of mine who was a capt. at Pinnacle and now he's a first officer for CAL. He was telling me, I'm only positive it's old news here, that pinnacle has a 10yr contract with NWA and pinnacle also will be receiving new jets. However for them to get them there's a clause where they have to sign the new pilot contract by march or else they don't get the jets. Has this contract already been signed or are we still waiting?
Pinnacle signed a new Airport Service Agreement (ASA) with NWA last week. This new ASA must be finalized by March 2007. At this point there are 2 outcomes. At a minimum, the new deal will be 3-years. At a maximum, the deal would be worth 10 years. Most Pinnacle guys believe they already got a 10-year deal through 2017 but it won't be officially finalized for a couple of months yet.
So far Pinnacle is not receiving any new jets. Pinnacle is simply getting back the 17 CRJ's NWA took away last year.