PINNACLE AIRLINES, INC. SELECTS PLATEAU’S HOSTED TALENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Arlington, Va. – 28 June, 2007 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced that Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. has selected Plateau’s suite of hosted talent management solutions. With Plateau, Pinnacle can now provide integrated learning, performance management, and career and succession planning across its more than 4,000 person workforce. Plateau’s best-of-breed talent management solutions will act as the foundation for Pinnacle’s broader technology initiative for supporting organizational growth, compliance with FAA regulations, and employee development.

“As Pinnacle continues to invest in building competitive advantages, we need a rapidly-deployable Learning Management solution that will automate our critical talent management processes and deliver the enterprise-class scalability and functionality required to support our workforce,” said Frank Williams, Project Manager. “After evaluating several solutions, we selected Plateau’s fully hosted suite of talent management solutions as the foundation for our organization-wide talent management initiative. The success of this initiative hinges on deployment of the solutions and technology that can support our organizational growth and employee development while maintaining and tracking employee compliance with FAA regulations.”

Plateau will automate Pinnacle’s employee review process while simultaneously managing and improving personnel performance. By combining performance management and learning content into a single product, Plateau’s solution will allow Pinnacle employees to access relevant courses delivered directly from within their performance plans. Employees can now take immediate action toward achieving their performance targets with online courses that directly tie to employee performance goals and competency development gaps. Plateau’s hosted environment will streamline Pinnacle’s critical pilot training program by allowing regionally dispersed crew members to access critical, compliance-related learning materials, such as seasonal topic areas that they test for on a monthly basis.

Plateau’s flexible, functionally advanced and highly scalable solution replaces Pinnacle’s original manual, paper-based system, saving the company time and money while providing a consistent reporting tool for tracking employee learning, performance and development. The company will also dramatically reduce the expense of onsite instructor-led trainings by leveraging Plateau’s offline distance learning and virtual training capabilities.

A major driver for Pinnacle’s selection of Plateau was the latest FAA Advisory Circular which places increased focus on Distance Learning. Using Plateau, Pinnacle employees, as well as its 6,000 external contract and maintenance workers, can now access training materials and compliance-specific content from anywhere. By documenting all certifications, retrainings, and performance review ratings, Plateau helps ensure that Pinnacle’s personnel receive the industry’s best training and that the company is meeting all current regulations.

“As the only solution in the industry to combine performance and learning course content into a single product, Plateau enables Pinnacle to rapidly deploy and experience the value of a best-of-breed talent management solution that provides users with a structured program for career development,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “Pinnacle’s proactive approach to talent management and regulatory compliance will allow its employees to take action to reach performance targets and develop critical skills. This is especially valuable to Pinnacle, as it continues to grow within a highly regulated market.”

About Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.
Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., a regional air carrier operates 139 Canadair Regional Jets in the United States and Canada. Each day, Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. operating units fly over 1,000 daily flights, transporting in excess of 27,000 Customers to 134 cities and towns in North America. Our strength lies in the professionalism and hard work of our 4,000 People. For further information visit our web-site at www.pncl.com.

About Plateau
Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.