New Mesa Thread
10-12-2015, 03:34 PM
#1771
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2013
Position: 175 Left
Posts: 1,539
Most new hires I fly with aren't washouts but were very junior (6-12 months online) FOs at stagnant companies (RAH, XJT, Eagle) and saw no future there, usually live in one of our bases; so they saw the quick upgrade and being home based as a big plus.
10-12-2015, 05:48 PM
#1772
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 977
I know of at least 3-4 Mesa washouts now at XJet/Skywest/PSA. It's a two-way street and everyone needs bodies.
Last edited by flapshalfspeed; 10-12-2015 at 06:05 PM.
10-12-2015, 05:55 PM
#1773
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 101
Thanks, that's actually kind of funny because I heard Mesa FO's are leaving for SkyWest, Compass...etc. Don't really understand why people keep leaving one for another.
10-12-2015, 06:13 PM
#1774
sippin' dat koolaid
Joined APC: Jun 2013
Position: gear slinger
Posts: 982
Because that's the whole point of the whipsaw that management keeps propagating. The flying intentionally gets shifted between regionals with the hope that guys/gals will jump ship and start over at the next flavor of the week on year one pay. Keeps overhead low and lines the pockets of those you and I will most likely never meet.
10-12-2015, 06:17 PM
#1775
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 101
Because that's the whole point of the whipsaw that management keeps propagating. The flying intentionally gets shifted between regionals with the hope that guys/gals will jump ship and start over at the next flavor of the week on year one pay. Keeps overhead low and lines the pockets of those you and I will most likely never meet.
10-14-2015, 10:19 AM
#1776
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2015
Posts: 34
Brian did the classy thing by bowing out, but did we really need another lecture from him in that email? I would have figured by now that these guys would learn that patronizing us and lecturing in every email is getting old. You are stepping down because you couldn't recognize the pilot groups long term goals, so why are you still telling us that getting rid of this MEC will only hurt our goals. Its time to stop protecting guys like AH, and get some fresh faces in place.
10-14-2015, 11:28 AM
#1778
Chief Engineer
Joined APC: Aug 2014
Position: CRJ FO
Posts: 815
Brian did the classy thing by bowing out, but did we really need another lecture from him in that email? I would have figured by now that these guys would learn that patronizing us and lecturing in every email is getting old. You are stepping down because you couldn't recognize the pilot groups long term goals, so why are you still telling us that getting rid of this MEC will only hurt our goals. Its time to stop protecting guys like AH, and get some fresh faces in place.
10-14-2015, 11:43 AM
#1779
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 977
The tone of that email should simply embolden anyone seeking to clean house in this ALPA chapter. We an MEC that actually represents the majority of the pilot group.
10-14-2015, 12:36 PM
#1780
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Joined APC: Feb 2015
Position: Ball Turret Gunner
Posts: 297
Well the tone for the last 6 months has been compleatly wrong. Making excuses left and right for the company, talking down to the pilots, so on and so on. No other alpa carrier has had this bad of a tone ever. Just because you have a lot of time and work put in a contract does not mean you defend a bad ta
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