Originally Posted by pokey9554

The TA contained some improvements such as:
Block or Better
"Modest" hourly pay increase
75% Deadhead
Increase in per diem to CPI (if anyone knows what that is please tell)
PBS with strong union input

The weaknesses were:
PBS is a monthly bid system in contrast to Mesa's 28 days bid cycle. A modest pay raise may actually not be a raise since Mesa runs 13 bids a year now vs. 12 with PBS. There was not a provision for more days off. The TA would actually result in working 20 more days per year. I have not read the TA as the pilot group has not seen it, but this is what I've been told by someone who has read it.

To Mesa pilots,
Don't settle for less than you deserve. Think like Mesa's management would when reading the TA. No "to the extent possible" language.