Originally Posted by
Southern Fried
Someone please explain to me how Expressjet and Skywest Airlines are not in the same situation that Mesa and Freedom Airlines was in several years ago. Anyone on these boards that was here during that time should know what I'm talking about.
Expressjet = Mesa
Skywest = Freedom
Mesa/Expressjet were/are being whipsawed by the corporate parent during contract negotiations. Mesa pilots stopped the whipsaw by bringing the Freedom pilots onto the Mesa seniority list as a part of the TA that was voted in by the Mesa pilots.
Am I the only one who has noticed the similarity? I may have missed it, but I have yet to read any post on any message board that has brought this to light.
Nope, this is old news. The xjt MEC rolled over on this issue over 4 years ago when Skywest bought us. Now we have to deal with it. Management doesn't want to merge the airlines. The only way is for Skywest pilots to unionize AND demand a merger or a single carrier petition that will most likely fail at this point in time.