Mesa 1900 Quick Upgrade or Pinnacle FO?

[Lear70]

yup.

It used to be Express Airlines One, guess EA wasn't available (Eastern), so 9E was given to them. Now they're Pinnacle, but the code remains the same for some reason... wonder if they'd have to reapply?

As far as your original question is concerned, if the upgrade time really is 2-3 months and you don't care about the precedent their contract has set (not that ours is currently much better - hope to see that change in the next few years), go to Mesa. You'll build over 2k of turbine PIC time there before you would ever see a CRJ CA slot here.

Good luck...

 

[sf3boy]

Also remember, whatever place you are working at, they are all regionals. They all pay bad, have bad work rules, and no retirement other than what you can save on your own. Some may be a little better than others, but at the end of the day, the only thing difference between a Mesa guy, a Comair guy, a Pinnacle guy and a Air Whiskey guy is the paint on the plane they rode in on.

 

[bogberto]

same as why is america west called HQ sometimes?

HP is the two-letter code for America West. Kinda like WN for Southwest, F9 for Frontier, ...

Beech pilots can upgrade right out of newhire training, if they want. A buddy of mine has been online for 4 bids and he starts upgrade next bid.

 

[justmeinmsp]

Also remember, whatever place you are working at, they are all regionals. They all pay bad, have bad work rules, and no retirement other than what you can save on your own. Some may be a little better than others, but at the end of the day, the only thing difference between a Mesa guy, a Comair guy, a Pinnacle guy and a Air Whiskey guy is the paint on the plane they rode in on.

As my hero Homer Simpson says, "It's funny because it's true."

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

It was said that there's "very few happy Pinnacle pilots", I'd say that there are, I work with lots of them every day. We just aren't very thrilled about our management group, or the enforcement of our contract; overall we enjoy the airplanes we fly and the people who fly them with us!

I apologize. I agree that those pilots I spoke with enjoyed everything about their job but what you mentioned above.

This is also true of Mesa. Its one of those "once we close the door and get to do our job its great. Open the door and well... you know the rest.

Tailwinds

 

[cl65200]

"Wow is that Normal to get a raise every 18 months?"

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Under our old contract: NO, we got 1 ( one ) during the whole lenght of the contract.... Under our new contract: YES. One of the few improvements we got.