Originally Posted by
sidestep
Ignorance.
A) We are CONSTANTLY in ALPA sponsored suits against management. Mesa pilots as a whole would LOVE to take a hard-nosed stance against Management, but RLA dictates other prior measures must be taken.
B) MESA Pilots which again you pointed out to be the source of all your heartache, had NOTHING TO DO with Mesa's move to Hawaii. That was all our slimy management's call.
C) NO airline starts you at $40K a year with 15+ days off.
Mesa pilots were whipsawed against non-union pilots during our '02 CBA. To get all of the flying ALPA unionized (which as an Expressjet pilot your a member of) we lost EVERYTHING. So in the future, stop BASHING your fellow ALPA brothers and sisters, and help us work towards a higher quality contract in our current negotiations.
Exactly how do we help you build a higher quality contract at this time? Is there any progress that MAG ALPA is making against JO? How strong is your MEC, really? Your previous MEC chairs just plain left the company because they know they can't win against JO.
We're open to suggestion but if JO had it, he would have you working for less. Let us ALPA brothers and sisters know how we can help raise your 8 days off a month.
PS- Any pilot that bid to fly in Hawaii DID have everything to do with go! getting started out there. Sure, your slimy management never would have made it out there without pilots, but he sure did find some!
Defending Mesa is impossible, so why do you do it? My take is that for every day that you work for Mesa and keep it running, you are supporting the race to the bottom. I don't think I am the only one with that view.