Jet_Dreamer said:
Yes!
YES! Though the Mesa CEO has stated that he realizes that he is short on pilot staffing, not that this neccessarily means he will correct it.
More hours and less time off? Not really. Despite what managment terms as "the most sophisticated scheduling software available" (Bornean), most lines at Mesa remain consistently poor relative to their competitors. Crew tracking and pilots often don't see why each other can't be more accomodating. So, despite more flights to crew, most Mesa pilots won't fly anymore. And they won't have more days off, b/c just about all of the pilots are already flying to their max capacity. The net result is working conditions will likely get marginally better b/c the current pilots of Mesa will get more seniority and be able to bid better lines as more new pilots are hired on junior to them. Of course, that will merely mean that some new pilots will inherit the poor schedules of the fomerly junior pilots.
Mesa is running GS's on the ERJ, CRJ-200, CRJ-700, Dash 8, and 1900 this month. The pool is about 35 guys now, most of whom were too junior to get the CRJ GS's and passed up the ERJ b/c they want to live out west (I kid you not! Guys who have been waiting in a pool for over a year are passing on an ERJ FO spot!). Mesa hired about 10 guys last month. They will need to hire more soon, very soon.
-Boo!
