Since DL management treats mainline employees as nothing more than a number on the bottom line to be manipulated and used, I'd say that you aren't getting treated and better or worse overall. The grass IS NOT as green on this side of the fence as you think.

 

These #'s are not all that relevant since Mesa Airlines doesn't operate any Delta Connection flights. Freedom Airlines operates all Delta Connection flights.

Mesa Airlines = YV = United Express and US Airways Express
Freedom Airlines = F8 = Delta Connection
Mesa Air Group = Mesa Airlines and Freedom Airlines

 

Hmm..... I know the Faa requirements for maintaining a/c are different for you... you fly perfect a/c and all others suck. Try flying in the extreme weather conditions that Mesa/Freedom fly with the ontime frequency they maintain and contribute to not one, or two, but three majors. They do have a lot of problems, but the Men and Women who fly for Mesa/Freedom and work for Mesa are maintaining professionalism. Something you seem to have missed......

 

Just jumpseated on Mesa the other day and those guys were awesome. They were professional and extremely competent pilots. I tip my hat to you guys!

 

I have friends at MESA who ended up there after their airline imploded, great people,in the cockpit,and outside of it.

 

I have a friend who told me 5 years ago to buy oil futures becasue he knew oil was going to hit 150. WOW he was right, now he say look out below oil will hit $20 by December. He is very accurate and I have made some money on his advice, maybe this might be the beginning of a hiring trend. Probably won't heat up until june 2010 is my thought

 

Not to go off topic, but does your friend have a evil twin who told UAL to buy fuel hedges at $135?

 

I never said a word about maintenance, I said the aircraft suck. The EMB-145, without the mod that airlines such as ExpressJet did (and Freedom did not because they didn't want to spend money) is a bad aircraft to operate where you need to carry a full load of pax and bags, and the wx might go down. It can't do it. I have been DH'ing on Freedom planes at JFK when they could only take 40 pax, on a 50 seat a/c that is unacceptable.
Having learned to fly in the northeast, flown part 135 single pilot cargo in the northeast, and being based at JFK for the past two years, I would not call it "Extreme weather", it's just normal northeast weather. As far as being on time at JFK, if wx delays or ATC delays pop up, you can't help it. If you can't crew your planes because you do not have enough reserves, that is your company's fault.

 

Thank you! I've gotten that a lot from our jumpseaters...The people I fly with are wonderful..I'm going to really miss my fellow pilots there when I get furloughed

 

And thats differs from any other Major/Regional realationship how???