Mesa Video
 

Not bad, still looks they can even have fun. He must have if he spent 8yrs there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GFWR...elated&search=

I used to see that guy all the time in the CLT crew room (also shown in the video). He always seemed to be in good spirits.

MAX how is jet blue treating you?

Is the story true about you and Air Midwest?:p

just a fellow clt 145 fo asking.

How difficult is CLT as a base working for Mesa?

-LAFF

when i was there 4/04-4/06 it was way senior. One of the best jet domiciles for mesa, the only topper was PHX.

Too bad...Is there anyway I can hold a 'commuter / commutable line' or be scheduled to work out of there on reserve or is that senior as well?

I have family in CLT.

-LAFF

LAFF, there's no such thing as a commutable line at Mesa. Under current conditions there, you could hold reserve. Mesa has ready reserve(you sit at the airport 8-12 hours a day) and mostly don't fly. With 8 days off per 28 that reserve pilots get...you won't be seeing much of the fam. You still have a ways to go before you have to worry about that stuff anyway. Prep for your training and enjoy the ride till then.

Thanks...I tend to get a bit ahead of myself...

_LAFF

Nice video. Interesting to see how this lifestyle leads to weight gain... in his 8yrs the guy put on like 100lbs:eek: :eek: :eek:

Another nice video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BybQR...related&search=

Thats why I walk a few miles a day if I can. On overnights I just walk around. A few years ago I lost like 25lbs doing that. Easy way to stay fit or as some say the lazy way to stay fit.

I just found out Mesa charges $50 per interview... what a joke.

FedEx charges $50 just to put in your app online...so I guess you wouldn't apply there either?

Are you trying to be serious? You're thinking paying $50 for the industry leading worst place to work is the same as listing your app with FedEx? Under no circumstance would i apply at Mesa

50 bucks is 50 bucks...it's either right or wrong to pay to apply for a job. So which is it? UAL and AA ($100)charged when they were hiring too. Then they furloughed thousands...was that ok? I know Mesa is a crappy place to work. I just don't think paying the $50 fee is a legitimate gripe if you're willing to pay it elsewhere, great career potential or not.

Great career potential or not???? Ok you think that. That's like saying you don't believe paying $50 is good for a stock whether it has high growth potential or not.

$50 for second year pay of $19k vs $86k and MUCH better work environment, job security, work rules, company growth, and not having everyone hate you is COMPLETELY different. $50 is only $50 if you've got it to spare. Some poor kid with 300hrs having to pay to get the honor of working in the crappiest place in the industry is a crime.

Your $50 at FDX doesn't guarantee you an interview only a chance to put your app on file. May as well buy $50 worth of Powerball tickets for the majority(over 9000 apps on file)and don't get me started on the whole 300 hour airline pilot thing. I don't think either place should charge. It's the cost of doing business and they should absorb it.

One man's floor is another man's ceiling, I believe the saying goes.

So true. I don't for a second regret leaving my old job. (For clarity, it wasn't Mesa.)

ToiletDuck...you are a CFI (Not even a regional airline pilot). My best advice to you will be to shut your mouth and wait until you get a real job, then you can talk! Until then, Shhhhhhhhhh...

What is a real job and how much do you have to make? A cfi isn't a real job? Last I checked I get paid to be a CFI. I didn't sell anyone out to do it and didn't sell my soul to fly something shiny with jet engines on it. If you think you have to work for a regional to know which ones have the better work environments then I'm betting you took the first offer you got and regret it. I didn't take the first one and I don't regret it. Your best advice is crap.

I might not work for a regional but that doesn't mean I haven't been looking and when I look into something I do my best to make my decision an educated one. Pay, work rules, environment, employee satisfaction, location, reserve time, benifits, 401k contribution, future outlook, stability, ect. You don't have to wait till you make a mistake to learn from it.

You work for Mesa don't you?

this forum used to be professional... now we have to scroll through conversations like this.

The forum is just reflecting the industry........thats all

Where are you based Slice?

And you have been where? Oh cfi never mind, nice 152!

Great points Slice. I will say this, your $50 is better spent at Mesa, you will have a job offer unless you are complete idiot and they even seem to get through once in awhile so you got a shot Duck.

This may be going away, they are really having trouble getting people in the interviews anymore. Don't get me wrong, this place can be a real ****** hole they brought it on themselves, definately. If it was the place to be people would throwing $50 at them for an interview.

On mil leave but officially IAD for 11 more days...

So where is this guy flying now?

I looked at the two videos and they were great. But where di dyouget that music?

172 and paying $50 just to get an interview at one of the worst companies out there is wrong no matter how you slice it or dress it up.

Im with you Toilet, MESA isnt worth the 50$ app, I would rather be in a 172 than any of their airplanes. Wait and go to a better regional, MESA is a bottom feeder.
The fella that made a comment about being a CFI, thats a good................... thing MESA has a pilot group of which more than a few skipped out on being a CFI to get into that low paying airline job of theirs with only 300hrs ttl time, be strong.............MESA isnt worth your time or money

You have been where? oh MESA, nevermind, nice 1900!

I actually have a lot more respect for a CFI than a B1900 Mesa copilot. At least toiletduck is not lowering the bar for the regionals...

Plus, he probably makes twice as much as you!:eek: :eek: :o