159 Mesaba Pilots Are Back On The Job

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- More than 100 pilots are getting their jobs back, two years after they were let go.

Eagan-based Mesaba Airlines is welcoming back 159 pilots who were furloughed.

The pilots will now fly routes out of a new hub at LaGuardia, in New York.

Mesaba is part of Pinnacle Airlines and operates as a Delta Connection carrier.