prior121

Must be a personality thing - I've seen newer friendly guys get bullied by FAs. Or new upgrades that are the pushover type.

Me? Ain't happening. Get off my airplane.

PilotCrusader

No. This is taking it too far.

Navmode

People have been failed/fired from every airline for stuff like this. That's no reason to stoop to the gutter. If you want people to have a better opinion of us, then don't make such dirty statements about our employees. If you have a problem, deal with it; end of story.

Lavdumper

I'm not saying it's a Mesa thing. I take pride in working here. I'm stating a fact that there are some interesting F/As at the regional level and it's not with jeopardizing your job over it.

Lavdumper

Another stupid question....

On the skynet website for UA it shows 204 tickets booked for a capacity of 216, but the seat map shows over 30 empty seats. Does this mean people have no be assigned a seat, therefore the seat map isn't a good indication of whether you'll get on or not?

FaceBiten

I'm no expert on this, just my experience as a prior frequent flyer, beneficiary of the occasional buddy pass, and a month or so commuting once entering this job, so take it for what its worth, but some people booking tix can't get assigned a seat (they have a certain number held I think, especially the "premium" seats so if a FF wants to book a ticket there are still "good" seats left), or they are out of econ seats and the pax don't want to pay for econ+, so they get no seat assignment until people get upgraded or move to econ+. When I was silver elite I think I could get upgraded or econ+ free 24 hours out or something like that, so regular econ seats become available. So any seat that doesn't have a seat assignment shows open on the seatmap (so you can theoretically book it), but there are more booked than have seats (usually), and they will start getting seats as they check in and people do the last minute shuffle trying to stake out real estate.

Best bet is to use auth/cap/booked until within 24 hours of departure, then cross check both, while looking at the nonrev stby list, from my experience.

cowsgomoo

That's right.

The detailed boarding totals and Skynet data will tell you capacity/booked/SAs. That is the most accurate information you can get and what you should use for the best planning. The seat map is still a useful tool to get an idea of what's going on, but you have to realize what it's actually telling you. It reflects specific assigned/unassigned seats, not the number of unbooked seats. Booked passengers with unassigned seats are usually those who simply haven't checked in yet. So, as they check in and you get closer to departure time, the seat map gets increasingly more accurate.

flapshalfspeed

Talk to your Captain. If my FO came to me with info like that, I wouldn't even hesitate--she's off my plane, and I'm taking full responsibility for that decision since I know you're on probation/new and I am not.

If the trip is over, I'd strongly consider writing an e-mail to my regional CP stating that you were concerned being a new hire FO on probation, and having worked a trip with an FA who constantly cursed within earshot of the pax. Write it professionally and respectfully, and mention that as someone completely new to the industry, you'd like to know the best way to deal with that kind of situation in the future if you have to work that person again.

flapshalfspeed

You were just berating Silverwings for asking a question about circling limitations on type ratings...and now you're asking dumb questions about Skynet? lollllll

Jason5

Any military reservists out there who work for Mesa? I've heard some stories second hand that, laws aside, the company isn't particularly cooperative when it comes to mil leave. This is something I'm thinking of doing, but I'd like to be able to maintain my employment. PM me if you want.