Wed, Mar 19, 2003
Protect Future with Contract Ratification
The
pilots of Mesa Airlines, represented by the Air Line Pilots
Association, International, announced Tuesday that they have
ratified a labor contract with management that provides employment
protection for all pilots under the parent holding company, Mesa
Air Group.
The new agreement brings all pilots from the Mesa Air Group
carriers (Mesa Airlines, Air Midwest, CCAir, Freedom Air and any
future MAG airlines) into one seniority list and under one
contract. Management's practice of using alter-ego carriers to take
jobs away from Mesa pilots determined that job protection be a
priority in these negotiations.
"This agreement provides that not only will Mesa pilots'
employment be protected, but also that any expansion of Mesa Air
Group will include our ALPA pilots," said the Mesa pilots' Master
Executive Council Chairman, Capt. Andy Hughes. "Included in this
job protection is the right of our CCAir pilots to their rightful
employment opportunities at Mesa Air Group. These fellow pilots
have been unemployed since last year," he added.
Negotiating Committee Chairman for the pilots,
Capt. Don Lyons said, "We have also secured the immediate
employment of furloughed US Airways pilots under our 'Jets for
Jobs' provision which allows for the expansion of Mesa's US Airways
Express operation. We negotiated under very difficult circumstances
and are pleased to have secured jobs as well as other improvements
in our contract."
Of the 977 Mesa crewmembers eligible to vote on this proposed
deal, 842 (86.2 percent) participated, with 663 (78.7 percent)
casting ballots in favor of the new contract. The previous Mesa
pilot contract became amendable in December 2001.
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