Mesa Lifer
Dismembered
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2003
- Posts
- 27
Terry-
First off, Freedom and Mesa cannot equate to Comair and Delta. The Delta guys stood fast and that is what kept Comair from losing their flying. Freedom on the other hand, had 54 guys from Mesa leave and start the airline. On top of that, almost 150 guys off the street came to the airline to fly ten aircraft. With 200 pilots and ten airplanes, JO had more than enough momentum to keep Freedom moving, and he was doing it. Plus, there were countless number of resumes and people awaiting class at Freedom. You would also love to know how many trips I had dropped because of those pricks. I also persued legal action through ALPA with their attorney's but for some reason ALPA legal dropped the suit.
Second, my argument about ACA's LCC is still strong in my opinion. The idea for the LCC came about before this hostile takeover crap. Goldilocks or whatever it is called would create an airline that would try to undercut the likes of existing carriers, would it not? I am not saying that there is anything wrong with this, it's just a basic tenant of business.
Lastly, Mesa is lower cost for many reasons, more than just a weak pilot group as you think. We had a tough decision to make and I hate to tell you this, but when I voted for the contract I was thinking of myself, my family, and what ALPA said was best. Sorry, but in all reality I thought we would be doing everyone a favor by stopping Freedom and the precedant of management starting an alter ego airline to bust down negotiations. I think we all thought by taking that bullet we would be doing the industry a favor. Sorry if you think we took the wrong bullet.
And please do not think that the pilot group at Mesa wants this takeover to occur. I know it's a lose-lose situation for everyone and I know what JO will try and do to you guys. But please do not forget that Mesa has never been the shining star of regionals----but we have been improving this company ten fold almost every year. You can't change anything this big overnight, even though everyone would like to think that.
-Lifer
First off, Freedom and Mesa cannot equate to Comair and Delta. The Delta guys stood fast and that is what kept Comair from losing their flying. Freedom on the other hand, had 54 guys from Mesa leave and start the airline. On top of that, almost 150 guys off the street came to the airline to fly ten aircraft. With 200 pilots and ten airplanes, JO had more than enough momentum to keep Freedom moving, and he was doing it. Plus, there were countless number of resumes and people awaiting class at Freedom. You would also love to know how many trips I had dropped because of those pricks. I also persued legal action through ALPA with their attorney's but for some reason ALPA legal dropped the suit.
Second, my argument about ACA's LCC is still strong in my opinion. The idea for the LCC came about before this hostile takeover crap. Goldilocks or whatever it is called would create an airline that would try to undercut the likes of existing carriers, would it not? I am not saying that there is anything wrong with this, it's just a basic tenant of business.
Lastly, Mesa is lower cost for many reasons, more than just a weak pilot group as you think. We had a tough decision to make and I hate to tell you this, but when I voted for the contract I was thinking of myself, my family, and what ALPA said was best. Sorry, but in all reality I thought we would be doing everyone a favor by stopping Freedom and the precedant of management starting an alter ego airline to bust down negotiations. I think we all thought by taking that bullet we would be doing the industry a favor. Sorry if you think we took the wrong bullet.
And please do not think that the pilot group at Mesa wants this takeover to occur. I know it's a lose-lose situation for everyone and I know what JO will try and do to you guys. But please do not forget that Mesa has never been the shining star of regionals----but we have been improving this company ten fold almost every year. You can't change anything this big overnight, even though everyone would like to think that.
-Lifer
