Really? Russians to rig it in my favor? What do I have to gain? Why do you think I am on here trying to inform based on my 14 years of experience at Mesa? Maybe because you might not know about Freedom and what it did to Mesa, or the 2008 contract that passed by a vote or two because of the tough times and that we would get more in 2010 that is still on going. I have no skin in the game except to help see you through to a better contract that you finally deserve. Yes it is unfinished business for me to see a contract that Mesa pilots can be proud of and if I was still at Mesa this would be a no vote for "me". This is still not it. But vote how you want if you want the trend to continue at Mesa as a laughing bottom feeder to other pilots.

"US" former Mesa pilots know this is by far the best time to get what you deserve and don't want to see you miss out on it. "We" still care. You can mock us and act like we are here with some evil motive like you are thinking but...WHY would we want to do that??? If you are a true Mesa pilot you know we are not fond of how management treated us and/or you, suffered under low pay rates, and know this is the time to fix as much as you can. I did what I could when I was at Mesa but I never had the opportunity like you do now with the way things are in the industry. Like I keep saying vote how you want but if this is the best you want then fine. Just don't go around complaining after you vote yes that you still find yourself eating ramen noodles because you have expensive health insurance or whatever reason you want to give. This is your chance to fix it.

One thing to remember...You have no flow. You better be working hard to get hired else where because others have flow AND an better contract while they wait. So how many have gotten hired at your dream airline from Mesa recently? What were there qualifications? What if you get stuck at Mesa longer then you think? These need to be thought about prior to voting this thing in. Can you live for 3, 5, or even 10 years under it? Look at all the terrorist attacks. What if is starts in the US? The travel ban keeps getting shot down so who knows who are coming in these days without proper vetting. Have you been through the aviation cycle yet? Just think about all of that. Please.