Originally Posted by
ejpogo
Release #02.75
August 27, 2002
ALPA Pledges $2 Million to Mesa Airlines Pilots to Fund Efforts to Secure a Fair Labor Contract
ALPA Pledges $2 Million to Mesa Airlines Pilots to Fund Efforts to Secure a Fair Labor Contract
Do you remember/know what happened? Instead of going on strike, Mesa signed a concessionary contract in 2003 and got most, or all, of the RJs that Piedmont and Allegheny worked to get scope relief for from USAir. Now you might not call that "stealing" but the Mesa pilot group knew what they would get by approving a concessionary contract when they could have held out for better or gone on strike.
That was 13 years ago!!!!
Of the 1200 pilots on the senority list, I would got to say 200 were actually here during that time.
2002 was not a year of mass hiring and record profits of the majors - as it was when PSA took concessions - but rather a time as shelled shocked from 9/11 airlines began furloughing and were soon to enter bankruptcy.
Apples to Oranges.