Originally Posted by
xjtgrunt
I am the first person to say it's a little facile when you point out alternatives so I wont. You did take the job though.
First, just to address your last point about what I should do with my time, I'd refer you to the post you quoted. My only thoughts on your post are as follows, if you want something from someone it makes far more sense to assemble allies then to be like I am getting mine and **** everyone else.
You're a tradesmen, a highly skilled and highly technical tradesmen, but a tradesmen none the less. You should be responsible for the tools of your trade.
Allies? How many Mesa mechanics picketed with the pilots? Zero. this industry has allies. It's called a union. And we at ALPA have a very big network of allies. Mechanics getting a raise and pilots getting a raise aren't generally related.
I'm not hating on wrenches. You guys have a vitally important job. But compensation for you all and compensation for us aren't tied together. You can quit your job and go be a mechanic anywhere. It's a little more difficult for us. And wage disparity for Mesa mechanics and mechanics everywhere else in the industry aren't as vastly screwed up and disxonnected as pilot pay disparity for Mesa pilots and other regional pilots, at least to my knowledge. If it is, you all should walk out and go work for an outfit that pays you what you are worth, not whine to an unrelated labor group that is trying to better their own wages to be in line with the rest of the industry.
Let me ask you this. Are you mx guys making $19k your first year after spending 4 years in $100-$200k college flight programs, 2 years flight instructing making $20-$30k, which is not enough to pay off anything other than interest on those student loans while eating ramen and living in your parents basement? Oh, and meanwhile your peers at 9E, PDT, PSA, ENY are making 3x that? Because that's what Mesa FOs are doing. And that is why they are disgruntled and trying to play catch up with the rest of the industry and make things better for pilots. Sorry they don't have time to fight for maintenance guys' QOL/pay. They have second jobs and cant even put food on the table.