my two cents....... I agree with the numerous 9E pilots who say they have a better pay scale. Yes true, and the fact that there you are definately upgrading into a crj. That said, I hear your work rules are so bad that if efffects your QOL and your bottom line. Bottom line being that you do not have min day and the rest of your work rules are not that great. With NWa flow through and being owned by NWA, we will prob get more jets and more growth. So if you are looking for advice to go somewhere, go to Mesaba, not Pinnacle.
That being said, I like most of the pinnacle people I have met, same as I like most Mesaba people I met, that said....there are jerks in both companies. Oh, and I hope you guys get a great contract and can say in the future that your pay and work rules are better than ours...you deserve it with the crap you have been dealing with! good luck.