Originally Posted by
Beachbum56
There is substantial time and cost to Mesa to pursue litigation or turning them over to a collection agency. Both will take at least 50% of the amount collected. A lot of squeezing for the amount of juice.
Yes but if doing so dissuades 10-20 other pilots from quitting early it's worth it to them. It's not about the money, it's about intimidation. If you have $20K laying around you can buy your way out of that.
Originally Posted by
Beachbum56
And as stated...Mesa's contract is just one of the many reasons to look elsewhere for an airline career.
Yes. Do they still require old hires (ie upgrades) to enter a new contract when they do training or is it just new-hires?