Originally Posted by
Blackwing
I believe them too. And I don't care. If you can't afford what's on the menu, you don't get to eat.
Bottom line, Mesa management needs to go back to their mainline partners and renegotiate their crappy contracts so to pass increased labor costs on to them. Mainline is making record profits off the backs of Mesa crews and that cannot be allowed to continue.
Proud of my former colleagues!
I am glad to see that we did not accept the current TA, but we also need to remember that voting down the TA doesn't hurt the company in any way. This is not a situation where Mesa needs a contract from its pilots to grow. We don't have a situation like AIr Wisconsin where we keep getting raises every year regardless. We are still the lowest compensated pilot group in the industry, and there is no pressure on the company to renegotiate with its partners as long as we keep completing flights and getting pilots to come to the airline. NLRB will never release us for a strike which would most likely drain the company of cash and put it out of business. If you are new to the 121 world I would carefully consider all your options, as it is a pilots market and there are many better places to be if you get stuck as an FO. If you have 1000 121 than there is no quicker upgrade other than PSA. Come get your upgrade and ride it out as long as it lasts.