Originally Posted by
The Duke
I can't begin to tell you the number of people I've known here over the last several years who have moved on, like so many of us desire, to Southwest, Continental, Cathay Pacific, Delta, Northwest, FedEx, UPS...the list goes on. The one thing I can say about them is they took advantage of good opportunities to become a sim instructor, check airman, or volunteered for the Union and learned a lot from having a leadership position. They didn't whine, they knew who they worked for, they made the most of the situation and took advantage of the opportunites afforded them. What is so difficult to understand about that? You can spend your whole day focusing on the negatives about this industry...or you can cowboy up, be gracious, make the most of what has been given to us. You never know when you'll have these sort of opportunites again.
I'm not blind...it's an extremely cruddy industry right now, but I'm not gonna let that get to me. I've had a pretty good run at Mesa so far and I thought it important to share that w/ the readers here so they get a complete picture.
Believe it or not, those opportunities are available just about anywhere (ask Saab, hes a monkey AND a union volunteer!
) I'm with XJT and there was a while where everyone I flew with was in the pool at SWA or had a class date at CAL, NWA or DAL. I've even flown with a few that were on their way to UPS and FedEx or overseas. So again, same opportunities. Nothing hard to understand about that. But lets call a spade a spade: Mesa is a disgrace to airline pilots everywhere. But I do agree with you, this job is what you make of it and I've been fortunate with where I ended up (at least so far, knock on wood). But I know that for me personally, I can only have my face shoved in the mud so many times before I start to get a little ticked off about it. If you're happy at Mesa, thats great. I know I wouldn't be.
In an attempt to get back to the topic at hand, what's up with that "Mesa in China" deal? If one were to get hired by Mesa, is there a chance that you could be "Shanghai'd" (literally) and shipped off to China?