Dear Mesa management,

I would request that you read this thread BEFORE finalizing your contract offer to the pilots. Failure to do that will almost certainly mean you'll be leaving perfectly good money on the table. As you can see, it appears they are eager and ready to bend over beyond 90 degrees to take whatever is offered. They have clearly advertised that to you here. I'd go with less then average pay rates, no increase in 401(k) contributions and don't forget to get most of your value from very flexible work rules for yourselves, especially reserve. Also critical is new ambiguous language that seems to promise something, but invariably has an escape exit out a side door. Since you cannot predict the future for your carriers relationship with its mainline partners, you need to be able to cut, gut and slash at will should unforseen circumstances upset one or more of them. That of course means scope and ensuring no transfer rights with aircraft shuffled elsewhere. All you need are promises and you're good to go. Remember, those are virtually free.

Signed,

An interested observer.

P.S. If the pilots described here ARE you, then disregard the above communique as clearly you're indeed seeking to manage the expectations of clueless kids, many of whom haven't been around the block in the union-busting business.