Mesa BNA base?

[flyinboxes]

Hello all,
Does Mesa have a crew base in Nashville? If so, how many crews and how senior is it?

THX.

 

[SYX328]

No!!!!

 

[captain007]

yes a small crew base. How long it will be open, no one knows. Its more senior than ord or iad...

 

[spg2bmd]

not any more... besides, the ex lives there...

 

[Lear70]

Didn't realize they had closed it... when did that happen? I just saw a couple crews wandering through a week or two ago.

I heard Mesa is basically hiring street CA's for the CRJ, but figured BNA was one of the more senior cities and a new-hire would never see it (every airline that opens a hub or mini-base or whatever ALWAYS goes senior in Nashville).

 

[unclepetey]

Didn't realize they had closed it... when did that happen? I just saw a couple crews wandering through a week or two ago.

I heard Mesa is basically hiring street CA's for the CRJ, but figured BNA was one of the more senior cities and a new-hire would never see it (every airline that opens a hub or mini-base or whatever ALWAYS goes senior in Nashville).

Mesa does not hire street CA for the CRJ. The only street captains they hired recenly were for the Dash 8 (2 years ago). Upgrade right now on the CRJ went down to 2 years and 2 months for IAD CRJ CA.

 

[Lear70]

Thanks for the update. That's what happens when a bunch of guys start talking who aren't (and haven't been) at the regional level for a couple years.

Sorry to hear about the BNA base, I bet there's some aggravated people who had a taste of being home-based for a short period of time.

Good luck with the new year!

 

[unclepetey]

Thanks for the update. That's what happens when a bunch of guys start talking who aren't (and haven't been) at the regional level for a couple years.

Sorry to hear about the BNA base, I bet there's some aggravated people who had a taste of being home-based for a short period of time.

Good luck with the new year!

You bet, a lot of guys bought houses down there and they are pretty pissed. But being pissed at Mesa is a pretty daily occurence.

 

[Longhorn]

Thanks for the update. That's what happens when a bunch of guys start talking who aren't (and haven't been) at the regional level for a couple years.

Sorry to hear about the BNA base, I bet there's some aggravated people who had a taste of being home-based for a short period of time.

Good luck with the new year!

Hmmmm...what does that mean. A couple guys talking about a Mesa BNA base....

No kidding, talk about being out of the loop.

(sorry guys, inside joke with lear)

 

[DoinTime]

I heard Mesa is basically hiring street CA's for the CRJ, but figured BNA was one of the more senior cities and a new-hire would never see it (every airline that opens a hub or mini-base or whatever ALWAYS goes senior in Nashville).

You're not considering doing the street captain thing again are you?

 

[brokedash]

The YV BNA base should still be open. You might be confusing the closure with the F8 ATL base.

 

[Lear70]

You're not considering doing the street captain thing again are you?

Not really... have some other irons in the fire right now, it was just a discussion of possibilities, especially since they had a Nashville base (HAD being the operative word).

The only way I'd consider it is if it was a street CA direct into at least the 50-seater CRJ, if not the 70- or 90- seater, and BNA-based (which is home for me).

Otherwise, it doesn't pay anywhere NEAR enough to pay my bills. I'm currently making $60k a year with 10 days off a month, the only way I'd make a move until my grievance is done is if I DRAMATICALLY increased my pay or I found something that made within a few thousand of the same thing I do now and was home more.

Same thing basically everyone looks for in a flying job. More pay and more days off with the wife and kids.

p.s. Longhorn, can't imagine who would sit around talking sh*t like that... *whistling innocently*

 

[dbchandler1]

No Mesa in BNA anymore, who knew.......

 

[sennant]

BNA is still a pilot base and growing slightly. BNA closed a s MX base.

 

[relief tube]

Mesa? Shoot, even factoring commuting you'd probably still have more days off at home if you flew for a respectable airline.