Originally Posted by InvertedLoop

Word from most of the guys in the training department is that Mesa is going to stop the furloughs. They have had quite a bit of attrition this year. The problem is that they displaced senior people to the ERJ because they planned on furlouging to around 1,000. So guys from 970 global to a 1,000 got displaced because the junior guys were on a "planned furloughed list". These guys have just finished up their ground school and are about to go into the sim. If Mesa annouced today that they were stopping the furloughes they would have to put these senior guys back on the CRJ, they would have to retrain the junior guys on the ERJ and waste money. There is a clause in our contract that when you switch between certificates (Mesa to Freedom), you are seat locked for a year. Once these guys complete there CSI, then they can cancel the furlough and screw these guys. Basically they are being complete jacka$$es like usual. Typical Mesa.