Pinnacle Airlines alleges bad-faith bargaining in the lawsuit it filed against the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) in US District Court.

This is the second lawsuit between the parties, which have been negotiating for a new contract since February 2005, and have been in federally mediated negotiations since September 2006.

The dispute has cost Pinnacle flying opportunities.

“The failure of ALPA to reach an agreement with Pinnacle resulted in the loss of 17 of our 50-seat jets and a chance to fly 76-seat jets for Northwest Airlines,” Pinnacle vice president and general manager Clive Seal says in a statement.

A provision in the regional’s airline services agreement (ASA) with Northwest Airlines permitted the US major to reassi

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