Originally Posted by Savannahguy
Yeah, you guys are right, soon your pay and work rules will lead the industry... And then your airline will be systematically dumped by every major.
No one is under the illusion that Mesa will be industry-leading in anything.
Originally Posted by Savannahguy
No one uses Mesa because of Quality, only because of Cost.
True.
Originally Posted by Savannahguy
Well sport, I thought mentioning Air wiskey and Atlantic Coast in the previous post would have clued you in. Their contracts were alot better than yours, thus they were more expensive contracts for those companies. When United said "do it as cheap as Mesa or we will replace you..."
Blame JO.
Originally Posted by Savannahguy
I will no longer put words in your mouth. But I will ask a few simple questions. Would YOU, be willing to walk the picket line for a month like Comair...? Would you be willing to maintain the strength of your contract at the expense of seeing your flying go elsewhere like Piedmont...? Would YOU be willing to have all of the CRJ-900's parked in the future because it is now cheaper for the majors to operate that flying like US Airways, Northwest, and jetBlue are starting to do (whose pilot groups had to take deep concessions so they could keep that flying instead of losing it to you guys)...?
I am either going to fix it or leave. If I leave for another airline, I do not want JO crawling up my ass later, so I would prefer to leave the company in ashes.
Originally Posted by Savannahguy
Go ahead, answer the big question, are YOU willing to downgrade back to F/O or never upgrade in return for better QOL at Mesa...? Are the Majority of Mesa pilots willing to do the same...?
Me? Sure. Ive said that 100 times. Everybody else...well you probably can't imagine the level of rage within the group directed at management (see
www.mesahub.com ). I think there are enough to get it done.
Originally Posted by Savannahguy
With the Dash and Beech flying tenuous at best, and the market for 50 seat jets drying up
We have only a handful of each, with more D8's coming soon. It's a niche market which will remain unless Jet A hits $0.25/gal.
Originally Posted by Savannahguy
Every other pilot group out there has wished and prayed for Mesa to fight for a better contract, only to see them cave in again and again. And then we get to watch you take over our flying as a result (most recently in IAD, CLT, and CLT). So yeah, I take issue with your promise that your pilot group will do things differently "this time".
I can only speak for the last one (we blew EVERYTHING on Freedom) and the next one...I'll do my best.
BTW does it mean anything to anyone else that freedom is dead??? They would have been operating 737s out of PIT...yes, SEVEN THIRTY SEVENS
Originally Posted by Savannahguy
Good luck in your upcoming "negotations". I will look you up after they are done to say "I told you so" when you see that I am right.
I'll be gone anyway if that's the case.