Speedtree, I am sure you are very confortable saying how bad is Mesa ( that I am sure is true) while you are flying a
Dornier 328 and moving forward on your aviation career. I would like to hear your opinion if you were instructing on a c-152 or even loading boxes on a Chieftain at a remote airport at 430am. All of a sudden Mesa as bad as it is, wouldn't be such a bad option. Specially if you been doing your current job for 2 or 3 years and you've been sending resumes everywhere whithout getting an answer back.
An now, you are saying that it would be a bad idea to apply to Mesa because of poor working conditions in respect with other regionals? Man, I am not even in a regional, and that fight, is suppoust to be won from the inside not the outside. That fight it's already been lost and next time it comes if I ever work for Mesa, I would look back to my years of work with them and I'll make my decisions.
I think some pilots on this site don't really realize how bad things really are concerning employment. My advice to AAworker would be to apply to anything that can help you out in your flight career path and don't turn anything down. Maybe one day when you are in a regional, you will have your chance to make a difference and fight for a new contract.
Scube.