Texdog

Anyone know the terms of the Mesa training promissory note. I understand it obligates you to 12 or some number of months but does it kick in for whatever reason you may leave. I understand if you voluntarily leave and don't have a problem with that but if you get injured, get furloughed, lose your medical or any other involuntary reason do you still get stuck with it?

Thanks

rickair7777

If you're trying to decide if you should resign from your current job, contact Mesa and ask them for a copy of the contract so you can read it yourself and show it to a lawyer before you make any big decisions.

To answer your questions informally it is a pretty reasonable agreement. It basically just ensures that people don't come, get the CRJ type. and bail immediately...which people have done in the past.

$10,500 (less for turboprops).
12 months, pro-rated, so if you leave at 10 months, there's not much left.
Doesn't kick in until AFTER you complete training.
Applies only to voluntary termination, ie you quit. I suspect that if you were "asked to resign" they would NOT try to enforce the note. In the past they didn't even enforce it at all, but after losing hundreds to skywest last year I understand that they are now trying to hold folks to the agreement.

If you had a family emergency, they would likely allow an unpaid leave of absence, so you could go deal with whatever and come back later. I'm pretty sure a leave of absence would not trigger the note.