Way to go Mesa! Way to hold the line!

It's nice to see the pilot groups are getting it.

It is not the pilot group's issue what the company "can afford" or "not afford". It's management's job to negotiate contracts appropriately. As strategic thinkers they should have had appropriate labor forecasts in place and knew what was on the horizon. I assume there are bright people at the helm. Any strategic thinker could have seen that higher labor costs were on the horizon and negotiated contracts that could adequately cover costs. If they chose to ignore that and not plan accordingly, well, then, there are consequences to poor planning. Time to go back to the table and admit you did not plan correctly. The majors can certainly afford to pay more for the contracts if they want to continue the cheaper feed. Either that or take the flying back to the major level. That's where we're at.

Hopefully this is the beginning of all pilot groups standing together.