I'm going to have to pinch myself to make sure this thread is real. Is this really a group of civilized pilots having a civil conversation? For the most part this discussion has been professional and well spoken, so somethings up.

I've always said that helping us at Mesa in our fight against a hostile management and supporting us as we try to exact change around here will reap far greater rewards for this industry than wishing for Mesa to go away and for hundreds of your fellow pilots to be without jobs. Luckily it's been proven to me time and time again that the Mesa-bashers that frequent this site and the attitudes that accompany them are part of a very small minority of pilots. The vast majority I have met throughout my travels have been sympathetic to Mesa pilots and the challenges we face in dealing with our company. I think I can speak for most Mesa pilots when I say thank you to those of you that understand what we as Mesa pilots are trying to do.

I have never seen or heard of a Mesa pilot flipping anyone off or denying a jumpseat based on carrier affiliation. This kind of behavior is childish and does nothing but make you look like an idiot. What if a passenger sees you? We already have a hard enough time trying to make the public aware of how underpaid and undervalued we are. Keep flipping people off from the cockpit and spreading that image of how a "professional airline pilot" acts. By doing so you singlehandedly are lowering public perceptions of pilots and undermining the very ground you claim to so passionately defend. Of course I'm speaking to the extreme minority here. For the rest of you who do act like professionals, thank you. We need all the help we can get.