Mesa to Furlough an Additional 250 Pilots
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2009
Posts: 208
Here's the PDF... oh wait, I can't attach files
What does Paul Foley do sent it. I heard rumors that our previous COO J. Bates had tried to stop furloughs and thats why he was immediately terminated. He was actually kind of a nice guy.
What does Paul Foley do sent it. I heard rumors that our previous COO J. Bates had tried to stop furloughs and thats why he was immediately terminated. He was actually kind of a nice guy.
#22
Rumor has it, JB is now a taxi driver out in Phoenix...
#25
I don't think so. The first 50-100 might have been.
We're dangerously short right now, CA on CA flying happening daily on each fleet, phone calls on days off (I got called all three days I was off this weekend). All of this is happening now, and there are 50ish leaving between now and the end of June.
I understand the dash is in dire straits right now, as they are barely going to have enough F/O's to cover the hard lines next month.
I think there is something big behind this decision. Losing delta would make sense, since we have about 250 pilots on the Freedom certificate.
We're dangerously short right now, CA on CA flying happening daily on each fleet, phone calls on days off (I got called all three days I was off this weekend). All of this is happening now, and there are 50ish leaving between now and the end of June.
I understand the dash is in dire straits right now, as they are barely going to have enough F/O's to cover the hard lines next month.
I think there is something big behind this decision. Losing delta would make sense, since we have about 250 pilots on the Freedom certificate.
#27
Yep, DAL's holding all the cards so even if they lost the battle they will win the war.
Just a thought, do you all at Mesa talk about life after 2011. I'm not trying to bust your balls or **** on your Wheaties but it looks like Parker has no interest in retaining Mesa. I know that money talks but only for so long. What's the worst case for Mesa after 2011? Could Mesa shrink to the point where your JR CA's are threatened with being furloughed?
In a perfect world I would love to see Orenstein banned, Mesa to continue to operate at full capacity with your furloughs being called back. But we don’t live in a perfect world and I fear that the storm on Mesa’s horizon is getting closer seeing that it’s starting to rain (DAL + 9% of your list currently furloughed with another 15% on the way for a total of 385 pilots or 26% of your list).
Good luck, I truly mean that.
Just a thought, do you all at Mesa talk about life after 2011. I'm not trying to bust your balls or **** on your Wheaties but it looks like Parker has no interest in retaining Mesa. I know that money talks but only for so long. What's the worst case for Mesa after 2011? Could Mesa shrink to the point where your JR CA's are threatened with being furloughed?
In a perfect world I would love to see Orenstein banned, Mesa to continue to operate at full capacity with your furloughs being called back. But we don’t live in a perfect world and I fear that the storm on Mesa’s horizon is getting closer seeing that it’s starting to rain (DAL + 9% of your list currently furloughed with another 15% on the way for a total of 385 pilots or 26% of your list).
Good luck, I truly mean that.
#28
Banned
Joined APC: Jun 2008
Posts: 8,350
The captain has his motorized lifeboat ready to go. He's currently in the process of loading it with as much cash as it can hold. Just before the good ship Mesa slips beneath the surface, him and a select few will board that lifeboat and sputter away from the listing hull with earplugs on to drown out the terrified screams of the soon to be casualties flopping into the water among the circling grey fins.
It will make newspaper headlines for a while and then everyone else will forget and go back to their own worries. The captain and his brood will vacation comfortably in the tropics reading the articles from relaxing hammocks with cool drinks and the aroma of wonderful seafood wafting around the beach.
Ahhh.......to be rich and crooked.
What a great life it must be.
#29
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Posts: 84
Yep, DAL's holding all the cards so even if they lost the battle they will win the war.
Just a thought, do you all at Mesa talk about life after 2011. I'm not trying to bust your balls or **** on your Wheaties but it looks like Parker has no interest in retaining Mesa. I know that money talks but only for so long. What's the worst case for Mesa after 2011? Could Mesa shrink to the point where your JR CA's are threatened with being furloughed?
In a perfect world I would love to see Orenstein banned, Mesa to continue to operate at full capacity with your furloughs being called back. But we don’t live in a perfect world and I fear that the storm on Mesa’s horizon is getting closer seeing that it’s starting to rain (DAL + 9% of your list currently furloughed with another 15% on the way for a total of 385 pilots or 26% of your list).
Good luck, I truly mean that.
Just a thought, do you all at Mesa talk about life after 2011. I'm not trying to bust your balls or **** on your Wheaties but it looks like Parker has no interest in retaining Mesa. I know that money talks but only for so long. What's the worst case for Mesa after 2011? Could Mesa shrink to the point where your JR CA's are threatened with being furloughed?
In a perfect world I would love to see Orenstein banned, Mesa to continue to operate at full capacity with your furloughs being called back. But we don’t live in a perfect world and I fear that the storm on Mesa’s horizon is getting closer seeing that it’s starting to rain (DAL + 9% of your list currently furloughed with another 15% on the way for a total of 385 pilots or 26% of your list).
Good luck, I truly mean that.
#30
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2009
Posts: 208
We're a lot more reliable now than we were last year but that is a factor that costs money. You can be cheap but if you cancel a bunch of flights youre not so cheap anymore. But we've got much better numbers this year, better than many of the other express carriers.
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