700 Furloughs at Mesa?

[BrickTop]

How long have you worked there? Two maybe three years??

quite awhile

 

[Seaknight1]

NOT true... I flew with a ALPA rep recently and its PURE rumor. Only thing close to fact in this post is that Paul Foley does come into Recurrent ground schools and the it may depend on what happens with the decision by UNITED. If United decides not to renew the "short term" coming up in Oct. we might have to go CH11 and re negotiate the leases. NO Ch.7...sorry to burst your bubble guys

Not unless JO can get DIP financing before he files! That's the new rules which came out in 2005. Delta and NWA filed on the same day just days befroe the new rules took effect. If he can not get DIP financing before he files it's straight to Ch.7. The contacts I still have in management at MAG are pretty much telling me the same thing Foley is putting out. We'll just have to wait and see what the next couple of months have in store.:bomb:

 

[flyboyzii]

Skywest has done well presenting a good public image of itself and maintained a very healthy relationship with its workforce.

....AND they have the hottest Flight Attendants in the Regionals so they have that going for 'em

 

[EBE]

Skywest has done well presenting a good public image of itself and maintained a very healthy relationship with its workforce.

I was a little embarassed when the SkyWest COO was quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune saying that our first year pilot pay was comparable to that received by those in the profession of accounting, law and medicine.

He may of course been referring to the accounting office's janitor, the paralegal's secretary and a cadavor.

 

[topdawg]

Where is that guy with the avatar of Big Bird flipping off the camera? I'd love to see what he has to say about this MAG news.

I'm still thinking of something to say...

 

[flyf15]

What I'm curious about is why Paul Foley said this (if he indeed did). Announcing things like losses of contracts and bankruptcy when that information is not officially out to the public is a big deal. This guy is a professional spin-doctor. He did it for a reason and knows what he's saying.

So, he's either lost his mind, Mesa is in so bad of trouble that he can't contain himself anymore, or he's trying to scare the pilots in order to manipulate them.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Pdub20,

If mesa wins the lawsuit against Delta isn't there only 1 year left on the contract reguardless? Thought I heard that from a Mesa Pilot. He said if they win, it really just gives them one more year.

no, through 2012 according to their latest 10-Q

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

....AND they have the hottest Flight Attendants in the Regionals so they have that going for 'em

And ExpressJet must have the absolute WORST FA's. Who hires those pigs?

 

[BushwickBill]

I'm still thinking of something to say...

ha ha ha love your avitar i was waiting to see it

 

[Metro752]

....AND they have the hottest Flight Attendants in the Regionals so they have that going for 'em

You are speaking about Air Wisconsin right?

 

[superatr]

I was a little embarassed when the SkyWest COO was quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune saying that our first year pilot pay was comparable to that received by those in the profession of accounting, law and medicine.

From www.paysale.com:

Accountant: $37,306
Law (Paralegal): $37,569
Law (Lawyer) : $68,050
Medicine (RN): $46,982
Medicine (LVN): $31,257

Skywest FO: $19,800

 

[crj567]

I was a little embarassed when the SkyWest COO was quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune saying that our first year pilot pay was comparable to that received by those in the profession of accounting, law and medicine.

He may of course been referring to the accounting office's janitor, the paralegal's secretary and a cadavor.

I love this post!

-Truth hurts!!

 

[Abernathy]

I love this post!

-Truth hurts!!

so does his spelling.

 

[EBE]

so does his spelling.

Eat a d*ck Abernathy.

Did you like that spelling?

 

[labbats]

Not unless JO can get DIP financing before he files! That's the new rules which came out in 2005. Delta and NWA filed on the same day just days befroe the new rules took effect. If he can not get DIP financing before he files it's straight to Ch.7. The contacts I still have in management at MAG are pretty much telling me the same thing Foley is putting out. We'll just have to wait and see what the next couple of months have in store.:bomb:

How did Frontier just pull it off then? Word is that they can't exit bankruptcy due to lack of financing.