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woodreau · March 23rd, 2008, 01:34

GJT - best base for the Dash 8 - it's actually a pretty good deal if you can get GJT. ( I know you mentioned your family is in PHX )

One Dash 8 pilot I know, for the 3 years he's worked for Mesa - has never been on reserve, has never had less than 16 days off as a Mesa pilot and has never flown less than 80 hours a month - he's been based in GJT the whole time.

Only problem with the 6 month CRJ upgrade time - Mesa doesn't upgrade in seniority order it seems- you may get a CRJ captain award - but you only seem to go if you are already on the aircraft, if you have to switch airframes you just get heldback from training - there are so many held back ERJ and CRJ captains now, it's not funny anymore. I've been awarded ORD CRJ captain for almost a year now now, but no training date in sight as people junior to me are getting classes and Mesa has arbitrarily decided not to pay protect the "passed" over captains.

But good luck, welcome aboard, movement is fast though - I don't know of any other place where you can go from a 1800 seniority number to a 600 seniority number in 3 years.

March 23rd, 2008, 01:34	#17
woodreau Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 256	Re: Hired on with Mesa! GJT - best base for the Dash 8 - it's actually a pretty good deal if you can get GJT. ( I know you mentioned your family is in PHX ) One Dash 8 pilot I know, for the 3 years he's worked for Mesa - has never been on reserve, has never had less than 16 days off as a Mesa pilot and has never flown less than 80 hours a month - he's been based in GJT the whole time. Only problem with the 6 month CRJ upgrade time - Mesa doesn't upgrade in seniority order it seems- you may get a CRJ captain award - but you only seem to go if you are already on the aircraft, if you have to switch airframes you just get heldback from training - there are so many held back ERJ and CRJ captains now, it's not funny anymore. I've been awarded ORD CRJ captain for almost a year now now, but no training date in sight as people junior to me are getting classes and Mesa has arbitrarily decided not to pay protect the "passed" over captains. But good luck, welcome aboard, movement is fast though - I don't know of any other place where you can go from a 1800 seniority number to a 600 seniority number in 3 years. __________________ Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from surviving bad judgement.