MesabaDriver
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- Dec 7, 2005
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What I cant stand is that you guys on the sidelines throwing rocks at the XJ pilots seem to think there is a way to win this game.
At Mesaba, there is no holding out for a better deal. If the TA gets voted down, we live under the latest imposed term sheet. The dip financing is being accessed with or without a deal. In the mean time, XJ moves forward with whatever plans they have and we live under terms that clearly undercut the industry and make it more difficult to feed and care for our families. How does that serve us or any other regional pilot groups' best interest? Now their company has the template to rape their pilots the same way.
Or door number 2: vote for a TA that does not undercut the industry and actually recaptures the wage and benefit losses at year 4, bringing the pilots back above the industry and back to current book. All the work rules: min day, 11 days off, 75 hour guarantee, and sick pay at 100% remain intact, all things that were under attack by XJ management.
The whole bankruptcy process has been complete bull$hit but we can't do anything about that. The courts hate us and Bush would probably prevent a strike in the 1 in a million chance we were actually awarded such a right. This whole process has been stop-loss damage control. It sucks...we didnt ask for this. But working under an imposed deal does not serve the interests of XJ pilots or the airline industry.
p.s. we dont need any integrity speeches from pilots who ever paid for their training either.
F#C$I@G RIGHTS DOGGIE!!!!Now lets get the H E double hockey sticks outta here so I can fly in a pink Saab at 160kts till I die. CCYYYYYYAAAA