I feel the same way. I wanted to reach through the phone and choke him. Parity at DOS!!!

The Mesa way of thinking, always happy being last place.

Contract '10 was essentially a path to parity in the pay dept at dos +4. Where do we stand with that? One of the lowest paid airbus operators because the standard was raised again while Spirit pilots were on their "path". That's not pattern bargaining. That's always being one cycle behind and chasing "parity" forever. It must be achieved at DOS.

And I haven't verified the term being negotiated but why in earth would we sign a 4-5 year contract that turns into 7-8? 3 years max. Why lock in for the long run when airlines are making record profits. If for some reason things get bad nothing stops management from coming to the piggy bank to ask for some money mid contract so what's the incentive for a long term deal? None.