Originally Posted by
word302
Until you can comprehend that some people do not choose a regional based on upgrade time, you will never understand. You guys have one of the worst contracts in the industry. Your 76 seat rates are significantly less than several operator's 50 seat rates. I'm not bashing you, I want you to be better compensated. I want all regional pilots to be better compensated. You don't understand that your contract is hurting the industry. By undercutting everyone else, we lose the ability to negotiate.
You're right. If you would like to be a long term regional pilot, then Mesa most likely isn't for you. Our contract is pretty bad, not the worst mind you, but pretty bad.
That being said there is a lot of good outside of a poor contract:
-No 50 Seaters to park, with more 7x seaters trickling online
-Decent work environment/great group of pilots
-Seniority rising quickly on the FO side, allowing for decent QOL/Bidding
-Great training department
-Decently stable, new, codeshare agreements.
All of that being said, uh, who really wants to be a regional lifer outside of a small set of given circumstances (older, 2nd career change comes to mind). If you're not looking to be a long-term regional guy, and you're of a suitable age/marketability for the Majors/International/Overseas carriers, then you absolutely want to get to that left seat and start building TPIC to move on.
The lovely Skywest contract is the best in the regional industry, but you're still a regional. The elitism that you all spew around is just nuts. We all make peanuts, at least we don't have a complex about it over here at YV.