Originally Posted by
stinsonjr
I am very familiar with the Go-Jets/TSA issue. I am also somewhat familiar with the Mesa/Freedom issue - I believe it was an alter ego thing just like Go-Jets. My question is that I have seen people write about "Freedom A-listers" which implies that not ALL of the Freedom pilots suck...just the "A-listers". Do you ever envision "Go-Jet A-listers" or will all Go-Jet pilots be viewed equally?
Thanks - not familiar enough with the Mesa/Freedom thing.
Freedom A = the original pilots (mostly mesa pilots) who willingly and eagerly participated in the Freedom whip-saw in order to get ahead of their fellow mesa pilots to fly CRJ 900s (out of seniority).
After MAG alpa forced the integration of the freedom pilots back into mesa, management effectively shut freedom down and transferred all the aircraft back to mesa. A couple years later, the freedom operating certificate was resurrected to use for DAL regional flying...the NEW freedom pilots were (and still are) all legitimate members of MAG alpa. Freedom, or Freedom B, refers to the current pilots who are legit. Their only connection is that they happen to be flying on the same operating certificate that was originally used for Freedom A (the airplanes are different also).
Since Gojet is still an alter-ego operation, all gojet pilots have the same status as Freedom A.