deltajuliet

The A-Listers did a terrible disservice to everyone else here then and now, but it's done. Any reaction now wouldn't accomplish anything and be solely punitive. That being said, I'd be curious to offhandedly bring up Freedom in the cockpit with one of them and see what they say.

flapshalfspeed

I have zero disgust for the company/management--they're doing exactly what any rational profit-seeking entity is supposed to do.

I'm perfectly happy flying the line here, and airing my occasional ideas/thoughts/frustrations on the internet here--Mesa has treated me well.

There's a good possibility I'll run for a union position next month--careful whatcha wish for!!!

ScottyDo

Hey if you saw a few pages back we are mailing you and your fellow MEC guys some testsasterone pills. I consider that's as doing something.

BeatNavy

FYI the guy you are trying to rag on in this post volunteered for a small job with the union after the TA was voted down to try to help turn things around in there. You are really beginning to show your intelligence (or lack thereof) on here. You direct negativity to the wrong people. Also, you should request a refund for your "batchelors" degrees. I find it amusing you still overpower autocorrect with your misspellings, more emboldened above. You should probably take a month off of the forums. Maybe just lurk and read. You add nothing of substance, stir the pot, and are generally wrong about most things you post about. Your inexperience in this industry and life shows through your posts.

ScottyDo

lol man you have some sort of sad obsession with me

edit: and for the record I wasn't "ragging" on the guy just pointing out that some of us have done our part

Sniper66

The reason you get pay so low and no raise since 4/2003



A listers and your current MEC Chair

That's the fact

20sx

Good job avi8tor614! Saw in the news letter that the ejet will be doing a lot of Mexico by the end of the year. Lets hope that all of your info is good

ScottyDo

I still don't see how we are going to have that many e jets in one hub unless xjet or skywest get completely moved out.

20sx

I think Skywest has 15 crj700's leaving Houston. That'll make some room, if true.

flapshalfspeed

Given recent news announcements from UAL, and the acutely declining local economy around IAH, mainline will likely start downgauging 737/Airbus routes/slots in IAH to smaller-gauge equipment (a.k.a. regional equipment). It seems pretty obvious they're shifting focus/capacity to more profitable markets in SFO/DEN/elsewhere.

Think about how much business travel in the Houston area comes from the big offshore oil and fracking players, not to mention the ancillary financial, engineering, accounting, and specialty equipment services wholly reliant upon offshore oil and West Texas fracking ops.

Schedules are set and tickets are booked weeks/months in advance, and it takes time for behemoth companies like Exxon to start slashing costs, jobs and corporate travel budgets--but it's starting, and reduced demand will logically result in 737/Airbus routes/slots being downgauged to EJets.

I was hopeful for IAD/elsewhere--I would even go to EWR!!! But with these Mexico routes announced, RONs in IAD, 3-5 planes on service checks in OKC every night, and the impending downgauging of mainline routes, I now see IAH fully accomodating the whole Mesa EJet fleet.