Originally Posted by
Brody
Same here.
After flying at a few other regionals, this was by far the worst I've seen. It wasn't even close.
Food-stamp wages, no duty-rigs, completely non-productive schedules, PBS, months on reserve yet I can count on one hand how many times I WASN'T on airport standby. Twice I called crew scheduling to call in sick - and I was told, "no, sorry - you can't." Same when I called in fatigued - second time in my career I fatigued-out, and was told BY A SUPERVISOR that I wasn't allowed to. Never mind that we lose the pay if we fatigue-out. Hotels were the worst I've ever seen. A few of them actually asked the crew for our credit card numbers - telling us that their manager requested this since apparently JO doesn't pay his crew hotel bills.
Lots of good people there trying to make it better, but with JO at the helm I just don't see it changing for the better.
Sully referring to Mesa as a 'bottom feeder' the other day was probably the most accurate description of this company that I've ever heard.
I have been at Mesa for a few years now. I have called out sick and fatigued. Not once was I questioned by crew tracking. I have been asked for a credit card at a hotel one time. The reason that happened was the entire crew was changed to another hotel that we normally did not use. This particular hotel was not on our contract list. The stay itself was put on a credit card provided by the company. I was asked for my personal credit card to cover any incidentals that I might accrue during my stay. I politely declined to provide a card. The hotel did not insist and let it go.