Just thought since this was a Mesa thread y'all might be interested in some news...

Some figures are being kicked around behind the scenes: hundreds of weeks of vacation have been CX to this point, and I'm not sure it won't continue to be CX all the way through '08. Per the MAG CBA the vacation is supposed to be banked, but someone pointed this out: is there any way a pilot could bank that much time and take advantage of it EVER. We're looking at a significant number of pilots having a huge number of weeks of vacation in the bank--how will they be able to take advantage of that time and not continue to contribute to the staffing problems in significant ways? I just don't see how the math will ever work on this one, and I don't see vacations happening at MAG before '09. Oh, and if they try to force a cash-out, well that will cost the company millions and right now MAG is hurting for money. Yikes.