MESA Rwy Excursion??

[belchfire]

I had an interesting one happen to
me back when I was in the rt seat...
in the jball

On the first start in the morning the
left powerlever cable failed and the
engine went to 80% torque when the
CA went to rev to come off the start
locks. We kind of looked at each other
for a bit, the Ca moving the left power
lever fore and aft with no response
and then shut it down.

Later in the cafe waiting for mx and
dispatch to figure out what to do with
us we discussed what would have happened
if the damm thing had turned loose the
previous night while I was landing in a
20kt crosswind from the right...

not a pretty thought!

 

[SEFlyer]

By the looks of your total time (500 hours) and the types of aircraft flown, could I venture a guess that you are a graduate of the San Juan program (Mesa Pilot Development)? While I am sympathetic that you unfortunately are sitting reserve in MCI with a 121 carrier and collecting your 70 hour guarantee, if it were not for Mesa and "Air Big Mess", you would be sitting at your local FBO and begging for $10 per hour to ride around in the right seat of a Cessna 150 teaching kids to fly for the next 1500 hours or 2 years before you would be competitive at any other airline. If management indeed "pulled their heads out of their a$$es, the smart move would simply be to furlough the excess pilots like yourself. Is that what you want? Mgmt. probably realizes that the overstaffing is just a temporary condition (remember seat locks start disappearing next year) and do not wish to furlough unnecessarily. Even with a CFI rating, all that 500 hours is probably going to get you is an exciting and rewarding job in the sanitation or food service industries. AFter you have been at AMW a couple of more years, maybe you will have the right to gripe a little more. Until then....remember....sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees!

Can't very well furlough the excess beech guys, because they would have to furlough about 200-250 CRJ/ERJ guys first, and Mesa is already short staffed in that area.

 

[Tooslow]

khsjt, how much did you make last year at mesa?

 

[wntsouthwest]

HYDROPLANE....landed with the brakes on!

 

[GateGirl]

whoa when you said excursion i thought maybe they went sight seeing on the runway. i was getting excited... (thought maybe they graduated from riddle) none the less an incursion for mesa/midwest is always interesting to see