Originally Posted by
Airfix
The original freedom guys were alter ego guys on a different seniority list to Mesa. Most of which were Mesa FO's that jumped ship for a Captain spot. After effort and a concessionary contract Mesa ALPA managed to tighten up the contract scope and bring all freedom A listers onto the Mesa seniority list. After the single seniority list Mesa pilots staffed freedom and the A lister alter ego airline lost its alter ego status. This is what I hoped would happen at Trans States with their Alter!
Ahhh...I see the parallel with Frontier. At Mesa, pilots jumped ahead into a bigger jet with higher pay at Freedom; at Frontier/RAH, some RAH pilots want to jump into the bigger jet with higher pay than those currently flying it.