Mesa pilots in PHX with plywood boards?

[TheGuat]

Was in PHX recently and saw a few Mesa pilots carrying around plywood boards with the rest of their stuff. What's up with the plywood?

 

[SYX328]

They are building a new crewroom for Republic.

 

[relief tube]

The newest development at mesa is that crews are no longer afforded the luxury of hotel rooms on overnights. They are supplied with a "mesa purple"
peice of wood that they use to construct a lean-to each night in the long term parking lot.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

The wood is given to each crew member on a standup overnight where no hotel rooms are provided.

The crews gather their wood and build a bonfire in some garbage cans to stay warm during the night.

 

[rickair7777]

Was in PHX recently and saw a few Mesa pilots carrying around plywood boards with the rest of their stuff. What's up with the plywood?

It's used to bridge the aisle gap in a row to allow the mesa crewmember to stretch out across the full row on stand-up overnights. No, this is not a joke.

 

[XJohXJ]

If it's not a joke, then it should be a crime.

 

[saabservant]

Just a little degrading...
The only thing worse than management types are pilots who won't stand up for the profession. Decent pay, a HOTEL, especially on a cdo, and workrules are worth fighting for.
Just how cool is it
to be flying a jet, but allowing this kind of thing?
What kind of brainwashing is going on at the mesa academy?

 

[belchfire]

The MAG pilots are saving JO money so he can buy another 10 or 12 bikes...what a bunch of troopers!

 

[pgcfii2002]

They really make you sleep in the airplanes on stand up layovers?

That sucks.

 

[cjdriver]

This is shameful for the profession, vey sad.