New Mesa Thread
12-09-2015, 06:58 AM
#2911
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Joined APC: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,666
No delay in the first 3...they are coming this month. First one gets to PHX next week.
12-09-2015, 12:25 PM
#2913
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Joined APC: Nov 2015
Posts: 60
I have one thing to say about our hotels......Crap Holes. And I don't mean crap. In my flying career, I have never flown with such a cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap company. Did I say "CHEAP"!!! Mesa is making tons of money on the crews backs. I don't see how other companies can afford decent hotels, and Mesa cannot. One time, not to mention the particular hotel, I had white tube socks on, and walked on the carpet in my room. When I took off my socks, the bottom of my socks were near black with carpet scum. I almost threw-up. We don't need to be treated like this. And if you are a Mesa pilot candidate, the little things do matter. CHEAP!!!!!
12-09-2015, 01:11 PM
#2914
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Joined APC: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,198
I have one thing to say about our hotels......Crap Holes. And I don't mean crap. In my flying career, I have never flown with such a cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap company. Did I say "CHEAP"!!! Mesa is making tons of money on the crews backs. I don't see how other companies can afford decent hotels, and Mesa cannot. One time, not to mention the particular hotel, I had white tube socks on, and walked on the carpet in my room. When I took off my socks, the bottom of my socks were near black with carpet scum. I almost threw-up. We don't need to be treated like this. And if you are a Mesa pilot candidate, the little things do matter. CHEAP!!!!!
It's much more efficient to walk away and go elsewhere.
12-09-2015, 01:28 PM
#2915
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Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: ????
Posts: 579
I was on an R1. Phone rang at 4:10 am notifying me of my 1750 show time which was almost 14 hours later in the day. Why she felt the need to wake me up to inform me of that is beyond me. Unfortunately I could not go back to sleep. The trip ended up canceling but I would have been awake more than 16 hours prior to arriving at our destination. I thought an R1 was from 0400-1600? What's the point of being assigned a RAP if they can give you a trip any time they see fit? I ASAPed that little gem.
12-09-2015, 06:31 PM
#2916
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Thread Starter
Joined APC: Oct 2008
Position: CRJ 900
Posts: 131
I was on an R1. Phone rang at 4:10 am notifying me of my 1750 show time which was almost 14 hours later in the day. Why she felt the need to wake me up to inform me of that is beyond me. Unfortunately I could not go back to sleep. The trip ended up canceling but I would have been awake more than 16 hours prior to arriving at our destination. I thought an R1 was from 0400-1600? What's the point of being assigned a RAP if they can give you a trip any time they see fit? I ASAPed that little gem.
12-09-2015, 07:48 PM
#2917
Dumb Pilot
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Position: Broke
Posts: 784
Depending on what the flight time is you are legal until 8pm with a RAP of 4am. I think they call so early so they can cross it off their list. If we could get some decent reserve rules in the contract it would state that trips would need to start within the availability period. This is just a way that they get to maximize their reserve utilization. They get to have you available all day and then not burn a R3 for the overnight at time when you should be off. They do the same thing with ready reserve. Have you sit all day they assign you a trip that starts after you should be off.
12-09-2015, 08:07 PM
#2918
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,533
As long as you aren't on duty for 16 hours, I don't see the harm in it. If I have a RAP starting at 4 am, and get called at 10 for a noon show, the most I can be on duty is 8 hours and that's only extendable if stuff starts going bad.
12-09-2015, 08:39 PM
#2919
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 977
I wonder how many FOs are bailing for CommutAir/Envoy/PDT/Skywest
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