It's Official
 

Mesa will start hiring CRJ street captains for it's JFK and IAD bases. Company email sent out today says that the request sent out a month ago for everyone that is qualified to send in their bids for captain did not return enough bidders to properly staff all positions in JFK and IAD. Come one come all to join the bottom feeder amongst bottom feeders.

No thanks, I'll pass.

And ALPA will????

ALPA will do nothing, they're just sittin pretty getting more and more union due for doing NOTHING for any regional carrier worth writing home about.

OK, but what if Mesa does go under? Who are we going to be able to bash next!?!?! Maybe we should elect a new regional to bash if this were to happen! Any ideas!?!?!

Obviously Go-jets

I was thinking that one would come up quick!

Saw this and thought I was back on flight info...could we get any more flamebait??

Of course I have my answer to the question...and besides GoJets I can think of a couple...but I will keep them to myself.

only 1500 hours required??? Or are they atleast hiring some better qualified folkes?

I read on another company forum that Mesa was in MKE hiring for street captains. The guy doing the interviews said that they are only hiring for Dash 8 captains. Who knows what those clowns are doing.

What do you want ALPA to do? ALPA can't control how Mesa mismanages its way through existence.

yeah, thats exactly what we do at ALPA.............................clueless

They were in MKE to see if they could grab any Skyway guys, i guess since airtran cancelled classes mesa figured they could get people.

the dash is the most senior piece of equip now for Captains

I'd love to go become a street captain for this devil...

http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/w.../integrity.jpg

brilliant........well done

There haven't been reqt's posted yet. I would imagine it is more than ATP mins.

Obviously, you know nothing of Mesa. The requirements will be the minimum allowed by the FAA. And I would guess there will be some flat out scary candidates.

I have to admit with much shame that I know this from experience. Before LAMA I was once a Street Captain in the Dash 8. I came from freight and it was a good short term move for me. Several of the people in our class were hired to be captains and had NO, that's zero, nada, none, turbine time. Two had less multi time than I had when I was first hired as an FO on 1900's years ago.

But don't worry the aircraft are fully automated and will take care of themselves. . . dang almost said that with a straight face :)

sounds like a bait and switch move. the last time they did this, a guy i know took the street captain job and they told him when he got there that oh by way youre an FO instead, naturally he walked out.

And give up my cushy job on the 47? let me think about that for a while !

ok i thought about it .no!

I know more about Mesa than I care to. Been working here for 18 months broski.

Those scary candidates are everywhere, not just Mesa. Not taking up for the company, but I believe we have a fine pilot group.

When I catch wind of the reqt's, I'll pass it along to you guys. Brand new -900's out of JFK...I bid it yesterday.

If they hire one street captain because they don't want to pay to train the FO for the upgrade then pay to train a new FO then they are bypassing people and ALPA should fight the hell out of it. If you're an FO at mesa and meet the min requirements to hold CA and they hire someone off the street over you then I'd be filing a grievance right now.

TD, ever heard of MPD? Mesa has hired a lot of LOW TIME (250 hours or so) FO's who can't possibly have the hours to upgrade yet. I'm sure that, IF Mesa is bypassing FO's who have the times to upgrade, then ALPA's doing what they can but I'm almost positive they are not. One simple reason, Mesa doesn't have that kind of a pilot pool.

There's no one in that boat right now. The email said anyone with the time would be awarded the upgrade. There are B1900 guys who are being held back (meaning they've been awarded the left seat of the jet, but won't be released from the 1900 to go to class). From what I understand, they have begun to let those guys go to class as they shrink and eventually eliminate the fleet.

It's like the military I wouldn't hire on as a Strt Cptn unless I had a contract that said in specific terms the grounds my my hire.

Now lets just hope they hire people that speak english!

I'm passing on this offer for sure

from the mesa web site



City Date Time Location/Address
Milwaukee, WI Thurs, Apr 27th, 2008 8:00am Clarion Hotel
5311 S Howell Ave
Milwaukee WI 53207
Pilot Positions
Mesa Air Group is seeking Captain and First Officers for immediate openings. Applicants must meet minimum time requirements and submit an application on www.airlineapps.com