Originally Posted by
vandypilot
I had a Freedom jumpseater the other day. date of hire was 8/05. i let him on. For future reference, when is date of hire that is on the good list at Freedom
Our contract (if you can call it that) was signed Feb '03, so technically, any date of hire prior to that would be an A-lister. The earlier the hire date, the bigger the scab (or union-buster...whatever you want to call it). All those with hire dates after Feb '03 are "B-listers".
However, since the A-listers are now combined into the master Mesa seniority list, it's impossible to tell. The only way to determine is to have a "Feedom Scab List" (which many Mesa pilots would be more than happy to provide!). None of those worthless SOB's would admit they were A-listers when trying to jumpseat.
And as mentioned, the current pilots flying ERJ's and Dash-8's under the Freedom certificate aren't either an A or B-lister...just another Mesa pilot.