So is the training department at Mesaba. Don't underestimate them just because they are a regional airline. Mesaba airline has been training pilots to be airline pilots since 1944 and they are at the top when I compare them to others.

 

Toilet if you wouldn't let your family fly with them you need to go to the FAA and report this as a safety issue. Your family is no more special than the general public. To make a claim like you are doing is bogus. It's a dis-service to the Captain taking on this responsibility, the ground school instructors, the sim instructors, the Line check airman the training department as a whole are preparing these street captains to be safe. If you feel all these people won't do a good enough job, YOU need to go to the FAA and report it, until you do you are a hypocrite, PERIOD.
There is no grey line it's black and white, go to the FAA, suggest how to make this safer. (example the UNION is preparing a mentor program for all new hires [don't rip on this one to, it's not a union lovefest, it's about fostering safety] Be part of the solution if you don't like what's going on.

 

Call me crazy, but it seemed as if you were quite serious, and you made more than one post on the matter. Back pedal much?

 

I hear ya, can't say I totally disagree with you. BUT, before you go sticking Mesaba in the ranks of who you just mentioned, I would remind you to look at our training and safety record... among the best. Mesaba is part of the red tail family (and therefore leaves a lot to be desired) but we are not, a scab airline.

 

ooooooo ouch I was waiting for someone to use that. Let's come up with another term. How about fireball upgraders... In the Air force we used to call guys/girls "fireball 9's" when they scored high on their APR reports. I don't know. Nothing wrong with street captains everyone who was eligible to upgrade were given the chance.

 

I like to call us "a Legacy Regional".

 

Yup, it's true:

Street Captain's are being advertised for on www.mesaba.com.

It's also true that Mesaba has an exceptionally good training department and an impeccable safety record.

We also have a very active and focused union and a good overall employee group who want to help keep Mesaba a respectable airline. We will all have to keep on our toes in the coming months, from the most senior captain down to the freshest new hire.

 

Yes, but he is staying on the crj900 as an FO, getting paid 43/hr. Mesaba needs him there

 

Actually, the most junior upgrade is a Saab FO, and will go to training as scheduled. There are some jet FO's who will be bypassed until Feb. They'll start getting Saab CA pay in Dec-Jan (8 weeks from class start). Lucky for them, they'll be the only jet FO's getting paid what they should all be paid!