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jetlag q , 03-31-2022 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by coodrough568

the Boeings are reserved for dedicated Mesa pilots who have shown years of dedication to the company. They won’t allow just any new hire to go fly them. The American contract is thriving. AA just doesn’t know how to make its mind up on where to shift the flying. It’s always been a revolving circle. But we will always come back stronger than the rest when AA gets tired of others’ poor performance. Don’t worry Swar, your job is safe and sound at MESA

at a loss of words. Years of dedication 🥲

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normalperson , 04-01-2022 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jetlag q

at a loss of words. Years of dedication 🥲

I mean honestly if Cooder IS JO that isn’t a bad thing, can we just communicate directly our concerns here and him be maybe JO and us be maybe employees? It would be like a comment box 😂
Yeah I don’t think I’d put the 737 flying out as any kind of draw, that’s a special project that hopefully grows over time but shouldn’t even be a consideration for coming to the MESA. Plenty other good valid reasons to choose the MESA and also not but the 737 is not one of them IMO.

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Swarley , 04-01-2022 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by coodrough568

Thats quite a way to say the 737 only goes to super senior people, making it silly to use as a recruiting tool. Also, I think AA got tired of mesas poor performance, what are the actual block hours for April right now?

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BlockO , 04-01-2022 01:06 PM

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In true form this turned into a dumpster fire real quick. Appreciate all the people who contributed to my questions.

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golfandflows , 04-01-2022 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by coodrough568

the only dumpster fire we can see from our Blue Sky Scraper in PHX is the can of poop fire that is in Inianapolos. Get out of there now and come on to the MESA AIR GROUP of professionals. We are excited to have you. MESA is a great

A true professional troll changes his tactics, very subtly, over time. Time for you to freshen up . Boring .

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pangolin , 04-02-2022 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by BlockO

I currently work for RPA and while I love the people here I am done with the commuting life.

After being married and soon to have a kid on the way maximizing days off at home is a priority rather than commuting.

Although I have the ERJ type I am looking to be DFW based so CRJ is priority seeing how there’s the least delay training wise and getting on the line.

I applied to Envoy and Skywest, but haven’t heard anything back yet.

What made you pick Mesa?

How are the trips on the CRJ?

Can you block a good amount of flight time on the CRJ vs ERJ?

How has your training experience been at Mesa? CRJ or ERJ.

Pay aside what do you not like about Mesa?

Thanks and advance to those who took the time to answer.

CRJ is waning at Mesa. trips to the same 12 airports. Low credit inefficient schedules. Lots of work for few days off. New FOs spend time in SDF. Upgrades just now starting again. Attrition is high but at the bottom of the list. Why go here? Sun country will take you as an fo with under 1000 121 time.

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pangolin , 04-02-2022 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by coodrough568

we have 737 aircrafts here. You can fly those at MESA but no other regional has mainline aircraft available to you. That is a main reason to come here

737 takes 20+ years on property. However that may change soon.

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pangolin , 04-02-2022 06:26 AM

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Oh I’m sure you are. I just haven’t decided yet if you actually exist. Claiming Mesa is the place to be because they have 737s. You’ve said some funny stuff before but that one takes the cake. What’s the avg seniority date currently flying them though? Btw out of curiosity, what’s Mesas flying hours with AA these days? Cause y’all look pretty scarce in DFW right now.

The contract with AA went from 60 planes to 40. The fleet shrunk by 1/3. Further the mesa flying is slowly shifting to PHX. We remain over staffed on captains.

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pangolin , 04-02-2022 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by coodrough568

Mesa isn’t vetting 737 pilots or “allowing” or “disallowing” anything. They are not “reserving” them in any way. This is purely a seniority game.

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BlockO , 04-02-2022 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by pangolin

Thank you! This is what I wanted to hear. Due to family stuff I want the flexibility to just drive to work. I love it here at republic, but with commuting and family obligations it’s making it extra hard.

I was leaning on the CRJ due to the quick training vs the ERJ and being dfw base.