Originally Posted by
UNDGUY
Regarding Freedom Airlines: The guys at Mesa Airlines decided not to call JO's bluff after he went into a meeting and told the union he would move every airplane Mesa had over to Freedom if they didn't sign one of the worst contracts ever. So they bent over and took terrible pay and work rules to get a contract that said all Mesa flying will be done by Mesa pilots.
TSA called the bluff and found out the company wasn't bluffing.
On the money. Everyone said the Mesa guys were wh**es, lowered the bar, and worse for caving to JO and taking a crap contract to get all the flying on one list, Gojet guys were scabs and worse for working at Gojet because Hulas carried out his threat to keep the flying seperate. It would be comical if it weren't so sad. The heydey of the regional airlines as good places to work are quickly coming to an end. Mainline airlines have the regionals where they want them and can plug them in and out based on thier costs. To play the game, you have to understand the game, and most pilots and unions are so far behind the power curve on this it is comical.