Mesa Lies
Long time lurker first time poster.
I follow these boards to keep up with the industry. Currently at Mesa and am looking to move upward to major or LCC.
Have to chime in as I can't take the lies being spread here anymore.
Let me say it. My quality of LIFE SUCKS!
Between my pay, which is among the bottom of the industry, and my VERY HIGH health care costs I bring home barely enough money to buy a burrito.
Quick upgrade? Yeah right. The upgrade mill is lumping along and the only reason anyone still upgrades around here is because most people BAIL...LEAVE for other Regionals because they can't stand it anymore.
I've done an exhaustive analysis of our industry and I can't imagine any logical reason why anyone would come to Mesa. Period.
Oh, PIC time? Big deal! Good luck taking your 1,000 hours of PIC with your 2,000 hours total time to Delta and asking them for a job.
LMAO! You might as well hold your little hat in your hand and ask them for scraps. If you're lucky they won't laugh in your face while patting you on your head.
Wake up!!! A little PIC time in the left seat of a Regional jet WILL NOT fast track you to a major. It won't even get you a leg up at an LCC.
We are abused daily at Mesa, bring home NO pay, and all for what? The chance to maybe, possibly get hired by freakin' Allegient 2 years down the road? Are you kidding me?
Oh, but Ornstein throws super hip club parties to unveil the new logo and invites a couple of hipsters to break dance in a fedora so he can film it and upload it to Youtube....and what? We are supposed to be happy about where we work?? Hey Ornstein: I'll tell you where you can shove your trendy new logo.
I am NOT lateraling to another regional. Sure, it sounds great at Compass, or Skywest, or one of the AA wholly owned Regionals right now but what about next year?
Getting a little PIC time at Mesa won't help offset the years of abuse and overdrafts in my bank account. All for the luxury of flying beat up old planes who are repaired with chewing gum and yarn....every time I go up my certificate is in danger due to the shady practices that go on here.