The lines were not that bad before the furlough, and they only changed because the person who built the lines no longer works at PSA. Instead of hiring someone new they outsourced the job to PDT. Ask people at PDT these are what there lines look like. I don't know what your talking about with the hotels, in the last year the they have gotten better and I had not flown with anyone who disagrees with that. Unless the hotels have gone to heck since Sept when I was furloughed. One of the problems is that the pilots complain about everything. The hotel in CAK is not that bad. It has a lot of things within walking distance and still people whine about it. The hotel in DAB is nice right in the middle of the main drag on the mainland side of town, and people are complaining because they were not consulted before it was chosen. There is still room for improvement but at least it is working in the right direction. You are right about the contract. There is a lot of loose language and management takes advantage of it every chance they get. These are some of the things the negotiating committee needs to address for the new contract. There is always room for improvement at any airline or any job for that matter.

 

You are nuts. That place was the biggest dump ever! I couldn't believe they actually made us stay in that hotel!!! My CA had bed bugs and I had a roach or something in my bath tub.
Luckily i was only there once. But i made sure to NEVER get a trip that overnighted in CAK.

 

As for the hiring thing, I am very hopeful of it, however, I think it will be a bit before Mesa is completely done. Appeals and the whole process will take awhile. Not to mention even IF mainline wanted us to fly the -900's, company and the pilot group still have a ways to go in the negotiations for payrates. I'm hoping that after the new years that they will get back to the table for serious discussions.

And for what it's worth, I really didn't think CAK's hotel was that bad, and I overnighted there about 6 times in 1 1/2 months. The location was good as was said above because you could walk anywhere you needed to go, and having the aweful waffle was good when you got in on the last flight.

 

So what is the need for new hiring? 900's or is there hope of more flying starting in January. Isn't 2009 when the contract is amendable.

 

The need would most likely be if Mesa folded and Parker lived up to his word of wanting to give the wholly owned carriers more flying. Simply giving us more flying will not be enough to cover recalling 74 pilots and hiring more people. We would likely need new planes to cover it, unlike Republic who already has the planes. It all really depends. The contract is not amendable until I believe June or July (Do not quote me on it) and from RUMORS the company has no interest in even beginning to talk about it until they absolutely have to. We'll see. I still think it's going to be a long year, but things change quick.

 

When hiring DOES resume, where will new hires likely be sent with the current route structure? Of course, that could change if the airline is given more flying. I hear that CLT is a senior base. I own a home near CLT, and would consider living there if I could get on with PSA...

 

Thats a big WHEN hiring resumes, but if and when it does, probably DAY first. Some people when the boom was happening got CLT out of sim, but those days are probably numbered. You may be able to hold TYS but it would be close.

 

What you need to remember is that if it going cost PSA anything, they will not do it. They have to be forced into anything that costs money. The goal is to run this airline as lean and cheap as humanly possible and still have an airline. If getting new airplanes and/or using those airplanes to fly more expensive routes, it willl be outsourced. Thats why we dont fly into Canada anymore. It's more epensive to fly international so it makes financial sense to have the contract carriers do it. Don't forget Republic and Air Whisky loaned a combined 70 million to airways. I would expect any additional flying to go to them first, if at all possible. Not to mention, if PSA were to have a net gain in airframes, J for J would be back on the table. Neither the pilot group or management wants that to happen. Regardless of who gets additional flying, if anyone, these companies are going to have a hard time going from having people furloughed to staffing additional airframes in the time frame airways is going to want. Thats just my worthless opinion. You are all dumber for having read it.

 

PSA is worthless why would you want to work at this s h _ t hole? Ya, your right, why not work for free to fly a jet. I hope this pilot group says no to 900's until they fix the hourly wages, schedules, the CAK hotel, drop Keith Hauk, resolve FMLA issues, hire competent schedulers, get rid of Pam Oh has she left, speak out to the furloughed pilots just to be honest with these ladies and gentlemen and tell them where they stand,etc.. If you have dignity you will not work here as this management team continues to have no respect/regard for those who make this place operate. They treat you like garbage!

 

Please, I dont even want to hear it until you have to sit in a room for 10 hours a day listening to their bull****.

Just rumors. I treat management like I do the government, I dont believe anything they tell me.