Mesa Station Takeovers

[phllax]

Mesa is due to take over the express operation at Hartford, as well as all operations at Ithaca, Newport News and Ashville this month. Previous duties were held by WO Express carriers at all four stations.

 

[Light Years]

Now by station do you mean agents? Why on earth would there even need to be Express agents at somewhere like BDL?

So these stations have mainline agents operating thier handful of flights and then Express agents operating whatever express flights there are? Even if there was only one? How stupid! Sounds really efficient.

And I thought all stations had to be operated by US or W/O agents? Mesa, theres a great idea. Sign away some more markets by not only having the most incompetent outfit in the world fly your planes, but ground handle them too.

This airline has become a parody of itself, particularly in the area of anything to do with Express, which is everything these days.

 

[WSurf]

Very True Light Years.... And what I can't understand is that we, US Airways along with the WO's lose money. While all this contract carriers make or show profits from us. Mesa will totally screw up the ground handling, just like they have in FL.

 

[wings396]

BDL is the only one of those stations that still have Mainline operations. The rest have all been operated by W/O carriers for several years.

 

[Capecod]

Mesa is due to take over the express operation at Hartford, as well as all operations at Ithaca, Newport News and Ashville this month. Previous duties were held by WO Express carriers at all four stations.

Can you show me where you got this from? Thanks -Cape

 

[<./']>]

And I thought all stations had to be operated by US or W/O agents?

Not True. Mesa/AirMidwest has been operating some smaller stations for several years (RDG,CKB,MGW,PKB,DUJ,BFD,FKL) although some of these are closed now.

 

[orville]

All of the above mentioned stations are currrently open and operated by Air Midwest

 

[2clippedwings]

All of the above mentioned stations are currrently open and operated by Air Midwest

YNG (Youngstown, Oh) was dropped a while ago.

 

[Air conditioned]

Mesa is due to take over the express operation at Hartford, as well as all operations at Ithaca, Newport News and Ashville this month. Previous duties were held by WO Express carriers at all four stations.

oh no. Here comes trouble. Where will it end.
That is nothing but just BAD NEWS. :down:

 

[the turtle]

Flame Bait

show us the proof

 

[Light Years]

My understanding was that small turboprop stations with no presence from U could be operated by someone else. For example, Allegheny is not going to open a station in Salina KS if Air Midwest could do it. So they obviously operate sime small B1900 stations, and I'd guess that Colgan may operate some too, like in New England. I do know that Shuttle America operated thier own Trenton and Bedford stations. How is ist determined who operates what? Whats to stop the company from suddenly making one of the bigger markets all RJ, and then making the station Mesa?

Getting rid of Mesa altogether would probably be the number one biggest morale booster they could do for the employees and the customers.

 

[gso2pit]

Take over express ops at BDL!??! That's a load of *********!

Express ops in BDL consist of:

BUF 3XDH8
PHL 1XDH8
DCA 1X ERJ

Why in the world would US spend the money on express agents there for 5 flts/day!?!?

I smell a crap stirrer here........

 

[phllax]

Dial 1-877-MESA-CEO and listen. It's about 1/2 way through. First he lists the UA station openings as well as new HP stations.

 

[diogenes]

When AVL was expressed a few years ago, the agents were given the opportunity to transfer, accept furlough or downgrade to express agent.

For those who remained in AVL, wonder what their options are now?

Not pretty.

 

[the turtle]

Dial 1-877-MESA-CEO and listen. It's about 1/2 way through. First he lists the UA station openings as well as new HP stations.

UA is United...not USAir