300% pay
 

In a small outstation base like sdf; Is there many opportunities to pick up trips at 200-300% pay? I live 15 minutes from sdf and recently reached atp mins.

There hasn’t been much premium pay lately there’s less flying in the winter after New Years. Also staffing has picked up I think that’s mainly because of the United CPP. There will be straight time for you to pick up.

I think the 300% was to keep us from violating the CPA. Once we started meeting the contract minimum standards, the 300% went away.

Purely staffing issue. Don't worry - it's coming back I think. Staffing isn't keeping up with attrition at this point. At least on the CRJ side. We are flush with FO - but not CA.

We have the same problems with CA on the Ejet side. The quickest solution is for Mesa to lose its 700 flying.

Sdf is getting very senior for FO, too many FO = harder to pick up 300%

I hear they need paint. Fire up the grey splatter gun.

Bump.

People need to stop picking up 200% if financially possible.

I get bills need to be paid, but it’s just giving the company more reason to NOT offer 300.

/rant

I’ll go back to lurking now

700's aren't going anywhere.

Still waiting to see if the 700’s are converted to 550’s or end up at American. If they simply weren’t going anywhere, an extension with United would have been inked by now.

“We also signed a term sheet (subject to final approvals and documentation) with GECAS for the purchase of ten (10) leased CRJ-700 aircraft currently operating at United. Upon completion of the transaction we have reduced the number of leased aircraft with third parties to 18.”

Sounds like they aren’t going anywhere.

Also seniority list is growing up to 1400 pilots at this rate we’ll get a little bit of 200% this summer and that’s it.

Wait for it - yes we are flush with pilots. Well -NOT REALLY. We are still very understaffed. Mesa won't cancel for crew - when they call you ask for 300 percent - even if it's 200.

We might have enough FO but certainly not enough CA. Nobody wants to upgrade and be on reserve so ..... we are short for the forseeable future. Also CA attrition is increasing. My Sr number is moving up faster this month than many months and I'm half way up.

Doesn’t Mesa usually find a way to cancel for maintenance when they have a crew shortage.

Mx and crew are both controllable so both count against Mesa in the stats for American.

Why cancel when you can delay 24 hours, like Delta does?

Didn’t say they didn’t count the same. However, the excuse is more plausible to your partner as the planes are truly getting old. Then, the partner calls your bluff and makes you put two planes on reserve, when really your reserve grid is really just short of pilots. An excuse your partner really doesn’t want to hear.

All that said I think as a pilot group it’s always been in our best interest to be in time. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t try.

Hey now. That's 12 hours, not 24.