Cappy
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To Whom It May Concern,
As many of you are aware the proposed merger between Mesa and ACA would in theory create a pretty good sized airline. On the other hand we are dealing with JO.
I do have some friends there and we were discussing some issues in regards to "IF" this merger was actually consumated.Their concerns were numerous and , quite frankly, some that I had never really considered before. Here is a basic list for starters:
-No merger has ever worked in the favor of pilots. Since ACA is overstaffed, furloughs are inevitable.
-Our furloughs are senior to the bottom few hundred on the Mesa seniority list. (They would come back and Mesa pilots would be on the street)
-Combined, our list would be 3500+ pilots. In order to get an upgrade would take an additional 3000 pilots...who here believes it possible that JO can grow and manage an airline of that size?
-Senior pilots will have to worry about their movement as well. We do have some relatively long-lifers here.
-USAir announced yesterday it will reapply to ATSB for $1.8 billion in loan guarantees. Should USAir contract even a small amount it could be major furloughs for the combined Mesa/ACA.
-A merge pilot list would NOT bring higher wages to Mesa pilots. JO has no intention of allowing pay/work rules to dribble over.
-Even United is still unstable and gambling on the ATSB loan AND relief from pension liability to survive. What happens if they burp?
-JO has said that he does not need ACA to obtain additional acft. If so, and the merger and the merger is NOT consumated, Mesa pilots would be looking at replacing our feed at IAD...read 1500 NEW pilots on your list!
This is a brief description of some issues I/we have discussed and I would like to have an informal discussion with the Mesa pilots regarding what I have said here. I am not here to flame anyone and would request the same from other posters.
If you would like to send me a personal message then that's OK too!
Fly Safely
Mike
As many of you are aware the proposed merger between Mesa and ACA would in theory create a pretty good sized airline. On the other hand we are dealing with JO.
I do have some friends there and we were discussing some issues in regards to "IF" this merger was actually consumated.Their concerns were numerous and , quite frankly, some that I had never really considered before. Here is a basic list for starters:
-No merger has ever worked in the favor of pilots. Since ACA is overstaffed, furloughs are inevitable.
-Our furloughs are senior to the bottom few hundred on the Mesa seniority list. (They would come back and Mesa pilots would be on the street)
-Combined, our list would be 3500+ pilots. In order to get an upgrade would take an additional 3000 pilots...who here believes it possible that JO can grow and manage an airline of that size?
-Senior pilots will have to worry about their movement as well. We do have some relatively long-lifers here.
-USAir announced yesterday it will reapply to ATSB for $1.8 billion in loan guarantees. Should USAir contract even a small amount it could be major furloughs for the combined Mesa/ACA.
-A merge pilot list would NOT bring higher wages to Mesa pilots. JO has no intention of allowing pay/work rules to dribble over.
-Even United is still unstable and gambling on the ATSB loan AND relief from pension liability to survive. What happens if they burp?
-JO has said that he does not need ACA to obtain additional acft. If so, and the merger and the merger is NOT consumated, Mesa pilots would be looking at replacing our feed at IAD...read 1500 NEW pilots on your list!
This is a brief description of some issues I/we have discussed and I would like to have an informal discussion with the Mesa pilots regarding what I have said here. I am not here to flame anyone and would request the same from other posters.
If you would like to send me a personal message then that's OK too!
Fly Safely
Mike
