A PLEA FOR SUPPORT
These Messeges are making there way to the flightinfo.com board because we need everyone's support. Right now there is a LOT of change going on at Mesa. The pilots in spite of all that is against them are becoming more unified by the day. A unified group at Mesa is in EVERYONE's best interest, not just the Mesa pilots.
INFORMATIONAL PICKETTING
Informational Picketting was scheduled for Dec 9th, today in both Charlotte and Phoenix. This picketting was to reinforce the MAG (Mesa Air Group's) MEC's contract enforcement movement. You see, despite a contract with a lot of loopholes, Mesa management continually pushes the boundaries on what they can get away with. Even so far as making up rules as though they were in the contract. The pilots have begun to unify not over contract negotiations but over contract compliance. The stickers are everywhere, and the bag tags are on most luggage.
A day or two before the informational picketting was to take place, the Negotiating Committee at Mesa decided to "postpone" the picketting due to constructive talks that had begun with Management. Ie...JO From an outsiders perspective it would seem that management was pressured into returning to the table for more productive negotiations. BUT by postponing the picketting it cut our movement to unify. The picketting should have taken place if for no other reason than to further unify the pilots.
THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP
I am sure many of you surf the flightinfo.com or mesalounge.com boards to some degree, myself included. But here is some information about our leadership. Our current MEC Chairman is Capt. Andy Hughes. Capt. Hughes has been the MEC Chairman for quite a while now, and was the Chairman during our last, and now infamous contract negotiations. The Vice Chairman, Capt. Robert Henry has also been the Vice Chair for a while now and was also here during the last contract negotiations. Despite what many Mesa pilots feel, these two leaders HAVE done a lot for Mesa pilots AND have given a lot of there personal time in doing so.
THE PUSH FOR NEW LEADERSHIP
Many Mesa pilots currently feel that the MEC Chair and Vice-Chair should be removed. If for no other reason than perhaps unifying the Mesa group under new leadership. As always stickers are seen everywhere "NO DUES FOR HUGHES" they read. You may have seen one on a Mesa pilot's flight bag. Now, unlike the past, a new movement has begun. Mesa pilots have begun to rally around a Mesa pilot by the name of Angelo. Angelo is greek....hence..."let the greek in". If you ask any Mesa pilot they probably know who Angelo is. Angelo is not in the current MEC but is PRO-ALPA and has worked with ALPA in the past. Angelo was also the one to organize the picketting which for now, and without his control, been postponed.
YOU WILL KNOW WHO WE ARE
The Mesa pilots that support unity for pilots and change from management wear blue colored badge backers on their ID's. They are very easy to spot. It looks like a blue band under the horizontal shaped Mesa ID. You will also see blue and white bag tags that read Contract Compliance on them. Please support us as we continue to unify. It is for the benefit of all regional pilots that we unify.
Take care,
