Mesa Drops B737 Pursuit

[bogberto]

Negative; Lakes is in a class all of it's own. It's a 121PIC factory for the LCC and Majors. The only competition lakes gives other regionals is for the few EAS contracts that are left. Also the current pilots havn't accepted there contract for more than three years. They have the Nuts to stick it out for somthing better!!! I don't see the Mesa pilot group screaming blody murder over there contract... Mooser

(1) Air Midwest has snagged a couple of Lakes' routes already. It too is a Part 121 B1900D PIC factory. Pretty sure ZV pays more, too.

(2) I have yet to see Lakes' management create another airline to undermine negotiations. Ever heard of CCAir? They used to be a great company, with great payrates and work rules. Then Johnny shut them down because Duane Woerth would not sign their concessionary contract that slashed work rules and payrates below our first contract. He did sign our POS, so if you have a problem with it, call him and tell him to grow nuts. We'll thank you for the support.

(3) You must be deaf if you haven't heard us screaming over our craptract. We're in the early stages of recalling our MEC Chair and Vice Chair, along with most of our LEC reps. The "Freedom A" types will jump at the chance to fly a 737 for Home Depot forklift wages. They'll be alone. The only people who truly enjoy working at MAG at the newhires, but after 6 months they hate it like the rest of us.

(4) "There" is a noun / adj / adv used to denote a place. "Their" is a pronoun used to denote possession.

Have a great day.

 

[145FO]

Why would this surprize anyone.

Just wanted to say "nice avatar". That's all.

 

[acaTerry]

Rottweiler,

I must disagree. RB is not stupid, he sees the current conditions here in the USA and smells the blood in the water. He'll be a high class Mesa.
From a Virgin pilot at IAD: and I quote, "He is a wanker (whatever that means). He'll come in to the US, and become the equivalent of your Wal Mart in airlines, except he'll provide good quality to the passenger".
Sounds pretty plain and simple. He'll do fine for the customer, but do it on cheap labor. And in principle, since it is foreign ownership in disguise, I say it's nothing less than cabotage.

 

[N8Dogg]

Mooser,

Spend a little more time getting your facts straight. Research then post. Just an observation.