scottbee Posted April 3, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Most people have never heard of 9E/Pinnacle Airlines, but they declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday. They operate a lot of flights for Delta and have a significant fleet of 200ish CRJ-200 and -900s. This probably won't mean anything for the flying public, and Delta have already offered a bunch of financing, but it's still worrying. Check your tickets for "DELTA xxx - Operated by Pinnancle" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/business/pinnacle-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy-protection.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted April 3, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 3, 2012 If it was a Chapter 7 it would be big deal. Chapter 11 is for reorganization; chapter 7 is for liquidation. Big difference. There may be some flight changes and rearrangement of flying for DL, but I doubt if the changes will be anything more than what you might normally get with booking DL more than 6 months out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt&Heather Posted April 10, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 10, 2012 one of my return legs from our oasis next month is operated by pinnacle....expedia has given me no notification of flight change yet. Here's hoping. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1213 Posted April 10, 2012 #4 Share Posted April 10, 2012 one of my return legs from our oasis next month is operated by pinnacle....expedia has given me no notification of flight change yet. Here's hoping. :) Odds are nothing will change. As mentioned earlier, Chapter 11 isn't a big deal from a customer POV. I've flown American tons of times since they entered Ch11, as recently as yesterday, and never noticed anything...actually, I've noticed service has been a bit better than usual for whatever reason. Certainly no schedule changes as a result in my instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenish Posted April 10, 2012 #5 Share Posted April 10, 2012 ...actually, I've noticed service has been a bit better than usual for whatever reason. Simple...jobs will probably be cut. A customer complaint (justified or not) wouldn't be a good item in the employee file. Employees who felt "entitled" suddenly have a sense of job mortality. The same thing happened at United...in the 90's when it became employee-owned, the employees and unions pretty much looted their company. The BK and mass layoffs post-9/11 ended that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1213 Posted April 10, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Simple...jobs will probably be cut. A customer complaint (justified or not) wouldn't be a good item in the employee file. Employees who felt "entitled" suddenly have a sense of job mortality. The same thing happened at United...in the 90's when it became employee-owned, the employees and unions pretty much looted their company. The BK and mass layoffs post-9/11 ended that. Yeah that was my thought as well, I just didn't have facts to back it up so I wasn't willing to throw it out there. But, I do agree with you. Before, most American flights had decent service with a few having great service. In the 25 or so AA flights I've flown since bankruptcy, it's been the other way around - mostly great, with a few decent. This has been both domestic and international, both coach and first classes. Funny thing is that I always say BA service as better than AA; having flown both internationally in the last two months, I have found it the other way around. Ah the times they are a changin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted April 11, 2012 #7 Share Posted April 11, 2012 one of my return legs from our oasis next month is operated by pinnacle....expedia has given me no notification of flight change yet. Here's hoping. :) Have you thought about actually checking your flights yourself?? Or will it be just wait for someone else to tell you? You do know you can do that...right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelkel2 Posted April 11, 2012 #8 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I checked my flights today because we fly delta and I know we've used Pinnacle before. Luckily this time we are using comair and expressjet. I know if your flight is through delta they are going to have to help get you a new flight since you booked with them, however it doesn't mean it will be a time you want it to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbug123 Posted April 11, 2012 #9 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I know if your flight is through delta they are going to have to help get you a new flight since you booked with them, however it doesn't mean it will be a time you want it to be! But as already pointed out, it's very likely that nothing will change for most pax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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