I chat with Pinnacle pilots fairly often and ask them about the lack of progress in contract negotiations etc.
An FO union rep told me that out of a potential class of 30 new-hires,
only 2 appeared in class.
Another pilot who was a Check Airman there told me that he refused to do any more IOE, even after the company offered him 150 % pay.
He was quite adamant about only flying regular trips with more senior FOs.
They also claim that working conditions there might be as bad as they are at Mesa Airlines. The pay is just as lousy. Until several months ago, Pinnacle paid nothing to a pilot during Initial Training, and provided no hotel room (they seem to value their people over there...).
Apparently many aviation majors at UND Grand Forks, Embry Riddle etc are becoming familiar with the situation at some US regional airlines.
An FO (he is an IP with AFRES at Vance AFB, in Enid, OK) with whom I just flew Friday-Sat (layover in ROC... " Dinosaur BBQ") told me that many guys leaving pilot tours in the Air Force-for about the first time in decades-are not applying for airline jobs, thanks to the huge pay cuts at many of them.