The new collective bargaining agreement has a term of five years and provides improved salary and benefits as well as job security for the pilots.
According to their union, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), the agreement paves the way for the smooth integration of Pinnacle Airlines Corp's operations.
Negotiations on the single contract were already under way at Pinnacle and Colgan prior to Pinnacle's acquisition of Mesaba on 1 July 2010.
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