Originally Posted by
LoudFastRules
Yeah, I agree, no one should be passed over, for any reason. . . . . Ideally, however, no one gets bypassed. . . .
. . . . Can you imagine newhires flowing straight through, 'cause everyone got bypassed? What a joke.
IMHO "Current" instructors, check airmen, etc. should not be bypassed; they accepted their responsibilities with known constraints. If the "freeze" situation option was in place when they were offered these positions, many would have declined. If they make future instructor, etc. positions suceptible to a nine month freeze, that's good business sense - called getting your money's worth out of sunk costs. Candidates have an option of turning down an offer under these conditions.
Reading this (and Mesaba new hire )thread for the last year gives the impression Mesaba is "on a roll." Many of you got jobs you never dreamed of early in your aviation career. In addition upgrades have been fast and furious with pilots getting their "base of choice" quickly. Collectively you compliment the instruction and safety programs. Now there is an issue (valid one) and demeaning adjectives are begining to fly around like a "bionic ping pong balls in a box - all energy and no direction." Let the system work it out and critize the final solution if you don't like it.
Most new hires will not flow through. They do not meet the NWA hiring minimums.
Last edited by Ftrooppilot; 11-10-2007 at 04:40 PM.