You are the lowest paid in the industry. Perhaps not the lowest hourly pay rate, but when you consider how many hours credit that average block costs you...

Oh, and how many days can they take away from you through J/M? What happens next time staffing is bad and they start taking away vacation? I haven't heard anything about minimum staffing levels to prevent that.

PBS is great when the pilots have control of it. The problem is you won't. PBS wouldn't give you guys anything with management in control.

The worst part about this TA is that even without seeing the pay rates themselves, the QOL improvements bring Mesa on par with some (not all) other carriers at best. Which means that the next round of contracts will put them back on the bottom as everybody else gets better.

I don't know why I'm arguing with you. Of the mesa pilots on here you seem to be saying yes. Thankfully, you can't vote.

Oh, and while you've moved up fast, you might as well get comfy. What airlines are hiring right now and will be any time in the next 5 years?