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12-05-2007 | 11:01 AM

crjav8er

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Specific Mesaba Q's

If anyone could answer these questions about Mesaba (info I have not been able to find in other threads) I would greatly appreciate it.

All these pertain to the Saab.

What are the pay rigs if any?
What is a typical reserve schedule like (how are the 11 days off arranged? 4 on 3 off?, 5 on 3 off?)
What is an average duty day?
How often do you break min guarantee on reserve?
Is there a commuter policy? (I commute now so no lectures on commuting please)
Can you pick up trips while on reserve?
What types of hotels do you typically stay in?

Thanks in advance for honest answers.

12-05-2007 | 11:11 AM

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-No trip or duty rigs, min day is 4 hrs
-5 on 3 off
-Average duty day approx 12-12hrs
-I didn't break gurantee on reserve, not even close but I was only on reserve for a month
-Call in honest policy, list your self on two flights that get you in before show time, they will positive space you. There pretty good about this.
-You will have min days off on reserve, you can techniqually pick up one trip to bring you down to 10 days
-Hotels are hit and miss, mostly miss

12-05-2007 | 11:25 AM

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Thanks a bunch. A few follow ups,

Do you get DH pay?
Does the 4 hr daily min cover MX or WX cancellations?

12-05-2007 | 11:48 AM

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We get 50% dead head pay and we get full MX and WX cancellation pay

12-05-2007 | 11:59 AM

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Wow. You are thinking of leaving Horizon too. Do it! Do it!

12-05-2007 | 12:00 PM

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Wow. You are thinking of leaving Horizon too. Do it! Do it!

Ha, you must be junior to me.....Seriously though it seems to be a great opportunity. Just spinning career circles at QX.

12-05-2007 | 12:05 PM

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i am junior to you but i know what you mean. It seems like there is nothing to look foward to here at Horizon anymore. Mesaba would be a good move especially if you are from the midwest. You have enought time to be a street captain on the Saab so yo wont be loosing much on pay. You will be back at the bottom but at least you are getting some PIC time. You will move on quicker if you do the move to Mesaba. Just weigh the options of being on the bottom of the triangle is SEA doing airport jail for like a year or being at the bottom in DTW for like 2 weeks

12-05-2007 | 12:21 PM

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Yeah, QX has seriously gone downhill fast over the last 2 years. Gotta get that 1000 TPIC.

12-05-2007 | 12:47 PM

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Can you pick up trips while on reserve?

I had good luck actually trading some of my reserve days for open time trips while I was on reserve. Depends on who you talk to in scheduling, some will say you can't do it... while others will do it for you no problem. This was when I was commuting to DTW and picking up MSP trips.

12-05-2007 | 02:30 PM

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Thanks a bunch. A few follow ups,

Do you get DH pay?
Does the 4 hr daily min cover MX or WX cancellations?

Dead heading doesnt really seem to be an issue here at mesaba unless you are on the 900. On Saab I have dead headed twice, and both times they have been the only thing on my schedule that day, meaning that I was paid min guarantee for both of them, which as stated before was 4 hours. Both of the flights were only an hour long, so in a sense I got paid 400%. The only time you will probably dead head is on reserve, things may change, but that is just my experience.

Most hotels as stated before arent the greatest, the typical holiday inns, and such.