Originally Posted by
gogga1
Hi guys/girls.
I see that Mesa Airlines are willing to take Aussies on E3 Visas on their latest FO advertisement.
Anyone working for Mesa Airlines at the moment that can share some information, good or bad, about the company? I’m especially keen to hear from Australians that made the move over on the E3 Visa?
Thanks in Advance
I would think long and hard before applying to Mesa. They are just about the bottom of the barrel.
Just as a single example, it is the airline which made the "Mesa Board" famous. What is the Mesa Board you ask? Well, excellent question. The Mesa Board is a piece of plywood which is as wide as the seat length of a 1900, and long enough to span the aisle of a 1900. It's just a little too big to conveniently stow inside of a legal carry-on suitcase, so it is pretty obvious if a pilot is carrying one. They existed because Mesa would schedule their crews for a late arrival and early departure at an outstation, but would not provide a hotel room, because technically, the flight did fell within the 121 duty time limits, so wasn't an "overnight" even though they were remaining at the outstation overnight by the dictionary definition of "overnight". The pilots would make and carry these pieces of plywood so that they could sleep in the airplanes, stretched out across the aisle.
I don't know if this is still the practice, likely not. But ask yourself; do you want to work for an operator who formerly treated it's aircrew like that? They may have been forced to improve some conditions, but has their fundamental philosophy on how employees should be treated changed?