Originally Posted by
Celeste
I don't understand why ANYONE has gone there in the last year or two. Anyone that did knew what they were signing up for, and had a choice of many other places with significantly higher pay and better work rules.
The people that got stuck at Mesa during the lost decade are another story. Jumping ship to the flavor of the month regional when you have seniority somewhere is a gamble, so I can't blame them for sticking around.
With that being said, anything mesa can do to improve QOL and pay pushes this industry in the direction it needs to go and helps us all in the end.
I agree with you. Yes, the pilots who have come here in the last couple years knew exactly what they were in for. My opinion is, we could have negotiated a lot sooner and better if we weren't filling classes with these new hires chasing shiny jets and upgrades. That being said it's the state of the industry. The new hires we have had in the last year have been jumping ship to chase the money at Envoy, PSA and Endeavor. I don't blame them. In the end the Mesa Pilot group as a whole deserve a better contract.