Ummmm.... naw, not on an open forum but I will be happy to show u anytime. And I’m starting to see maybe there are 2 accts by the same person.... but what do I know...

 

Sure. See you in IAH.

 

If your in training, your not in the union.

 

Well apperantly Mesa is not that desperate, because I heard it and read it from the horse's mouth and read it from his letter of termination.

They would prefer to have a pilot the barely makes it through and on the line, than give them the extra couple sims to work the kinks out. Which would probably explain their high violation rate. And remember, if your FO mess up, you as Capt. You get violated as well.

 

*you’re. *you’re.

 

Well, that is certainly turning a new leaf. We had pilots take 6 extra SIMs to get to the line. His instructor must have trashed him then. Did he have Flight Safety instructors or Mesa instructors? CRJ or Ejet?

Yep, both pilots get violated. It scares the hell out of me when we have pilots who are non-standard.

 

Plus, they can fire anyone in their first year.....

 

Okay! okay! English major.

 

I will say this, those union members who pushed the contract that passed simply lied to us. I asked several questions about certain issues and of course it was all Unicorns and rainbows. After ratification, it was fly and grieve. I see Mesa having continued problems keeping and retaining good people in this pilot market while treating the exsisting pilots like indentured servants, but I know this is the “Mesa way”....

 

There’s a point where we agree. I didn’t vote for this TA. It has been confirmed that it took JO’s initiative and not the union to get the FO pay to $36. The union only wanted $32 for FO’s. The union wasn’t interested in doing what was best for the airline or for its pilots. The union reps were only interested in doing what was best for themselves personally.

The pilot group saw an increase in pay and jumped at it. I get that. They don’t care if Mesa continues or dies. And, obviously, the training department management didn’t care about Mesa continuing or not either.

I am watching Mesa to see where things go. I hate the schedule they give me and that there is no flexibility for family. And, this won’t be fixed quickly because they can’t train pilots in a reasonable timeframe and there aren’t enough pilots per plane.

There are plenty of opportunities to leave. Leaving to another regional is a last resort. Republic made their big splash in coming to IAH, then explained it would take 5 years to hold CA at IAH. All regionals lie.

But, there are plenty of pilots here that want to get their hours in and move on to the majors. Many regionals only offer that at their junior bases and most of their junior bases are far from Texas.