As long as we're on the subject, perhaps somebody can explain why Mesa's pilot group is unable to improve QOL, work rules, and wages through:
* enforcement of their existing contract (it gets violated every day, doesn't it?)
* collective bargaining
* legal actions against the company

I'll admit that I don't know much about labor organizations (I'm only halfway through Flying the Line), but isn't being organized supposed to provide power to the pilots to prevent such abuse?

I seriously do not understand why they (the pilots) just bend over and take it..... especially when they have the resources of their labor organization available.