Mesa Cadet Program
09-12-2021, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Broccoli Rob
I'm not sure about a cadet program, but it looks like they fired up the ole bonus machine again. That's mostly what you get from a cadet program anyway.
https://www.mesa-air.com/pilots
https://www.mesa-air.com/pilots
You mean they exaggerated a bit?
10-17-2021, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JOLLY 33
Is there can ALPA phone number for cadets to use regarding their cadet contract?
10-17-2021, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Granadaman
ALPA will not get involved in any contracts between individual pilots and the company. They represent the Pilot group as a whole. They will represent you when Mesa deviates from the PWA.
10-20-2021, 06:14 AM
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Joined APC: Dec 2017
Position: Retired NJA & AA
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Sounds like things haven't changed since I was at Mesa 2003-2005. Scheduling acted like "Operational Necessity" voided the contract.
Back then Mesa flew for USAirways, America West, and United. Us refugees from USAirways mainline were CRJ200 PIC's out of seniority because of the Jets4Jobs LOA. But we only had "Super Seniority" in the USAirways system, not the AWA or UAL painted jets. We were limited to PHL as a base. But Mesa routinely assigned our pilots to fly AWA and UAL routes under the "fly now grieve later" protocol. They kept promising to stop but of course didn't when it was "Operational Necessity". One month someone in Crew Planning got the bright idea to open a UAL CRJ200 base in PHL. Well we had Super-Seniority for being Captains, but not for bidding schedules. So guess who all the CRJ200 reserve Captains were? Once again they just violated the LOA and quickly pulled the UAL jets out of PHL the next month. I've got many more stories like that but would be typing all morning
Back then Mesa flew for USAirways, America West, and United. Us refugees from USAirways mainline were CRJ200 PIC's out of seniority because of the Jets4Jobs LOA. But we only had "Super Seniority" in the USAirways system, not the AWA or UAL painted jets. We were limited to PHL as a base. But Mesa routinely assigned our pilots to fly AWA and UAL routes under the "fly now grieve later" protocol. They kept promising to stop but of course didn't when it was "Operational Necessity". One month someone in Crew Planning got the bright idea to open a UAL CRJ200 base in PHL. Well we had Super-Seniority for being Captains, but not for bidding schedules. So guess who all the CRJ200 reserve Captains were? Once again they just violated the LOA and quickly pulled the UAL jets out of PHL the next month. I've got many more stories like that but would be typing all morning
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