I dont get why so many people want mesa to fold. Why dont people encourage them to get a better contract and be more supportive? There are many airlines that have crappy contracts
TSA
Pinnacle
Lynx
Colgan
CommutAir
I am sure the list can go on...
We do not need more pilots on the streets!!!

Anyone who knows anything about the airline biz wants to see...

1) OJ out of this industry.

2) Definitive proof to the business community that his model of lowest-cost by cheating, theft, and abuse does not work. Ultimately your employees make or break you, and there are many folks out there who have lost sight of this fact and need to be reminded...OJ will serve as the best object lesson to the others.

Obviously the best scenario would involve OJ and friends getting booted by the shareholders, but somehow I don't think it's going to happen...I think he's going down with the ship.

As for right now it looks like that rumor was true but management decided it was cheaper to operate 145s rather than crj2. As of right now there is no plan to downsize TSA, in fact management is talking about adding uax and airways by next spring........ I doubt we'll be able to call back all the furloughs by next spring unless there is some pretty good attrition the next few months.

Dont forget Mokulele Lawsuit. Saw it posted on here. :rolleyes:

Sadly, I chose to interview there but luckily was not offered the job. I sort of got into an argument with the CP during the interview because I thought he was out of line with his questioning. I know another guy who got fired during the first week of class for making a joke about Hulas. He has been told the real reason he was fired was because somebody in the company has a grudge against him and asked management to get rid of him. He's now glad he's not there. So to answer your question, furloughed TSA guys are sort of getting preferential interviews and I know a couple that have been hired, but the company is crap, the CP is a cum dumpster, and I feel better off on the street than at GJ.

What did they ask you?

I had a goatee at the time of my interview and the first question was, "why would you show up to an airline interview with a beard?"

I gave somewhat of a smart ass answer along the lines of "I didn't think I'd be donning an oxygen mask during the interview to save my life and the lives of a bunch of people sitting behind me."

I guess for future interviews I'll show up in in my uniform, epaulets and all. Obviously the only way you can prove you are a pilot is to be dressed in uniform, ready to fly a plane that second. I dunno, some people have told me it was dumb of me to to show up like that but I disagree and think the question was out of line.

I think part of the guy's problem with me was that I was not wearing a suit. I was wearing dress pants, shirt, and tie. My suit I bought for my Trans States interview back in January doesn't fit me anymore since I've lost 70 pounds and I'm too poor to buy another suit. I guess they got the impression that I wasn't taking the interview seriously when in reality I'm just poor and they're out of touch with reality. Oh well, I'm very very glad I didn't get hired.

Delta's appeal against the injunction has a court date of January 26th.

What happens if they win that?

Delta will cut them off immediately and JO will have to find a new home for 25 ERJ-145's