Mesa 3.0
06-15-2017, 07:39 AM
#4391
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Joined APC: Jul 2015
Position: E175 Captain
Posts: 49
Really?
I'm voting yes. I want that money in the short term. At my longevity, it's about $500 more a month, which equates to $6,000 more a year. I don't expect to be here more than another year or two. If this thing gets voted down now, there likely won't be another TA for two more years, looking at the glacial pace of negotiations. That's $12,000 I would be losing out on.
I'm sorry but this is Mesa and we're always going to be bottom of the barrel with JO at the helm. Take what you can now, and do your best to find employment at a better airline in the meantime.
I'm sorry but this is Mesa and we're always going to be bottom of the barrel with JO at the helm. Take what you can now, and do your best to find employment at a better airline in the meantime.
06-15-2017, 08:00 AM
#4392
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Joined APC: Dec 2014
Posts: 109
We all want more. But we have to look long term. There is no way this can go on for another two years. The company and the union understand this. If you are in the Jumpseat on mainline and the subject comes up can you with a clear conscience say that you voted yes on this contract? Now fast forward and you find yourself across the table at an interview and one of the people there is someone that remembers you and remembers you voted yes on this contract. Oops, now what? Now you just a lot more than that $12,000 you want so bad.
06-15-2017, 08:13 AM
#4393
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Joined APC: Jul 2015
Position: E175 Captain
Posts: 49
06-15-2017, 09:39 AM
#4395
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 737
We all want more. But we have to look long term. There is no way this can go on for another two years. The company and the union understand this. If you are in the Jumpseat on mainline and the subject comes up can you with a clear conscience say that you voted yes on this contract? Now fast forward and you find yourself across the table at an interview and one of the people there is someone that remembers you and remembers you voted yes on this contract. Oops, now what? Now you just a lot more than that $12,000 you want so bad.
06-15-2017, 09:44 AM
#4396
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jul 2015
Position: E175 Captain
Posts: 49
"Lowering the rates of future pilots. Do we never learn? This has been done before. Back in the day, it was called B-scale. How could your MEC let this even go to a vote?
Full disclosure, I've been at a legacy almost 10 years, but I have been following how regional pay has been rising. Then you guys do something like this and set the regionals back again."
06-15-2017, 10:24 AM
#4397
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Joined APC: Sep 2016
Posts: 930
It's just amazing how every TA brings out the EXACT same arguments time after time again. You'd think someone would learn from past negotiations. People never learn and management continues to have them by the balls. Yea it's terrible but I need to feed my kids. The cycle continues. Your kids can be on ramen a few weeks longer.
06-15-2017, 11:37 AM
#4400
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 232
I have the right to vote any way I want. I'm just sharing my opinion, which many others also share. Your threats of intimidation go against the spirit of the vote. You might as well lift every passing pilot by the collar and shake them down.
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