Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Mesa?s Ornstein Expresses ?Disgust? with Washington | Aviation International News
Some highlights from the RAA convention in St Louis and specifically from Mesa CEO:
- Blames congress for "One Level of Safety" requring 135 operators to comply with 121 maintenance.
- Blames union and greediness of Captains for low-entry level pay and claims FOs at Mesa average $45,000 a year.
- Claims "race to the bottom" is offensive to him and not true
- Says young pilots are going to Europe to fly right seat in an A320 with 250 hours and asks if it is good enough for them, why isn't it good enough for us.
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This guy shifting the blame to the unions and Captains is offensive to me. Mesa is very involved in the 'race to the bottom' and its not the crews faults, its Ornstein's fault. Look at what his hiring practices have been reduced to, a phone call, so he can staff his insanely low bid for United 175.