Originally Posted by
FlyinSailor
On Mesa's website, it discusses a training contract of 12 months. Straight from the website:
"Mesa Air Group pilots with less than four (4) years longevity are required to execute a training agreement as a condition for entering into initial, upgrade or transition training. The aircraft assigned determines the promissory note amount. The duration of the note is one year, which prorates equally over the 12-month period. If the obligations of the note are not satisfied, the balance, if any, is then payable by the pilot to the Company."
After reading this, this sounds as you owe Mesa a year of employment. If not, then you must pay them back any training costs at a prorated amount. Anyone from Mesa able to confirm this?
Was recently reading good things about this company, but this caught my attention. It is not like you are receiving a cash bonus for accepting the job.
Also, does this start immediately upon first day of training?
I was thinking of leaving a while back and talked to a couple people who did so not long after training. Apparently no word from Mesa on the contract. Others have said they send you a scary bill in the mail, but don't actually pursue the issue. The prorated amount is cut in half if you give them 45 days notice, so there's also that.
If company emails and the staff I've met are any indication of how Mesa operates, I'm not sure the company is organized enough to come after anyone...or to even know you've resigned for that matter.
Yes, first day of training.