Everyone at Mesa is willing to do other RJ pilot's job for less. UNDERCUTTING. The US airline industry is run on capitalism. If management can find pilots that will do the job for $5 less per hour and work more days per month, those companies will get the flying (Mesa, Colgan, gojet).

Remember your first job. Lets say you were paid $500 per week. Just imagine if someone with a Mesa uniform went up to your boss and said "I'll do that job for $380 per week". The next day your job security was jeopardized and that work gets awarded to the underbidder.

Sure people on here will say that "Mesa pilots are trying to get a better contract". Folks its not going to happen. Mesa management and Jonathan Ornstein happens to have a company culture that is one of the most anti-pilot companies in the country. As you can see, JO would rather park aircraft than pay pilots more and let them be at home more with their families.

I know this because I worked at Mesa for a short time and left, not wanting any part in bringing down this profession. Mesa is disgusting, and most people there don't even know it. They settle for less because they don't realize how they SHOULD be treated as professional airline pilots.