Originally Posted by
calmwinds
Lifers, who sit here complaining about their lot, and do nothing about it, are the ones with Stockholm Syndrome.
Some advice: Lose some weight. Get a degree. And, get out of here. Go to an AAL wholly owned and get a flow. Go to SkyWest, who has a better reputation among recruiters and will give you credit for years of service in your pay rate.
For the rest of us, Mesa represents a way to build time quickly, upgrade quickly, and move on quickly. That isn’t Stockholm Syndrome, that is using Mesa for what it is.
Skywest has been building a horrible reputation at United-Too many right seat Capt’s. Just a couple years ago nobody ever wanted to go to piedmont. It was the place for people who couldn’t get hired at other regionals. Now those same non hireable pilots are flowing to AA. You can’t predict what will happen with the regionals in the next 10 years. Moving laterally to another regional is just dumb. Especially one that has a lot of 50 seaters. The CPP carrot gives me something to do while I wait for a major to call. Only way I will stay at Mesa is if we get a pay raise and a real flow.