Originally Posted by
PermaFo
Not following you… the bankruptcy hadn't anything to do with the vote. NOT flame: the contract reads today because Mesa pilots have never had enough leverage to force management to negotiate improvements… along with the obvious management's "inability" (i.e. unwillingness) to offer anything with substance.
You allude to it in bold above......whether it's bankruptcy, downsizing like the GO operation being shutdown, the Mesa pilots haven't had a favorable negotiating environment in which to seek improvements. We'll see what the future brings for Mesa. You get a glimpse at it by seeing what has been voted in at PSA, ENY, PDT, etc. Like it or not, that is where the regional industry is, and with CPA's being the driving factor I'd argue that no regional has any real leverage. The exception being Skywest because management can really do what they please and the pilots just have to "shut up and color".