Absolutely agree. Just look at the number of NH’s in November compared to July. One class in Nov had just TWO in it. Seniority list shrank by 30 or 40 in Dec vs Nov too.

Honestly I cannot encourage anyone to come here until we get at least an industry standard contract with work rules and not just pay. Let’s hope with more and more Xjet guys reaching their 1 year mark that that also puts pressure on the company.

Xjt guys are leaving too.

A large percentage of those XJT guys have already left, especially the CAs. Some went to UAL thru Aviate, but a good number went to other regionals as FOs. And that includes Mesa. If that does not paint a picture, I don’t know what does!

I hope they replace/cancel the 50 seater class. Maybe skywest and mesa 175’s and xjet c5!!!!

When a call for volunteers went out for FO rep (deputy MEC), only one person nominated themselves and then only 20% of eligible voters actually cast a vote.

You are the architects of your own situation.

I have been pushing that for years. We did get a couple of good turnouts in the past, but most of the time the pilots just don't care about voting.

The company sees that same numbers and knows that pilots also won't care about the next poor contract that they push out to the membership. It looks like the pilots are too busy to vote, so they will too busy to care that they don't get a decent contract as well.

As an outsider looking in, this seems disheartening. It would be helpful to know why people are not taking the time to vote if a portion of their paycheck goes to the union.

regional unions have a nearly impossible task. It’s easy to get discouraged

Fixed it for you.

With attrition about to skyrocket, every MEC will be in the same boat. Volunteers will leave for majors, their knowledge base will be lost. It takes time to build up a replacement especially in things like negotiations and safety, so by the time you have that person ready to go, they’ll have a CJO in their pocket. It’ll be a constant election cycle to replace reps leaving.