AirWisconsin has one of (if not the highest) fee per departure costs in the industry. That's one of the reasons Mesa replaced AWAC in Den. Something about the Bain report that shook up the regional feed for United.
I don't blame some of you for wanting to see Mesa out of U, but Mesa's costs may keep them around.
Pretty clever move on AWAC's part, you gotta admit. A regional moving in on a major.
I think AWAC sees itself losing more if not all of their United flying.
As I've said before, Mesa's ERJ's are out of contract in 2007, one way or another.
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I'm an instructor at Mesa and yea Mesa it seems wants rid of the ERJ's and wants limited exposure to Airways listen to JO's hotline 1-877-637-2236.
The thing I cant understand is why is Mesa hated so much.
When Im flying the line representing U I do everything possible to get everyone where they are going in an on time and friendly manner! ( If I have an FA that is nasty to Pax that FA is immediately talked to.
Ill carry less fuel to get mainline jumpseaters on board a full flight
I hear about how nasty our flight attendants are but at least they dont sit in a galley and gab all day and then act really bothered when someone wants something ( Im not saying this is true with all but it happens a lot when I've been on planes)
When USAirways hit bankruptcy the first time Mesa invested money in mainline
When PSA and MDA first started operating jets I was working every legal day to cover the flying due to the cancellations at PSA and MDA.
I have never heard a Mesa crew member waiting for a flight and bitching the whole time loudly enough for everyone to hear at the gate " If I didnt work for this airline vthere is no way I would fly on it" like a mainline Capt in Mobile Alabama.
In the past I have never or heard of any Mesa Crew delaying a flight because ...."I didnt get my crew meal wa wa wa"! ( I had to cover a flight because a Piedmont crew didnt get their crew meal and wouldn't fly)
You didn't see our people calling in sick on Christmas!
As far as I know we were the only ones participating in Jets 4 jobs and putting mainline pilots in the left seat of Mesa airplanes.
In addition any furloughed United guys were given preferential hiring at Mesa without having to lose a seniority number at United.
So all I hear is Mesa sucks this and that but I never hear why!!
So lets hear some specific real reasons why Mesa is sooooo bad, and not little things on one specific flight.... thst happens at every airline.
If Airways didnt have Mesa's RJ's during all these bankruptcies at the low fee for departure along with Chataqua and Trans States ( the latter two actually pulling planes out of the Airways system to feed other airlines and Mesa adding planes to cover the routes) would Airways even still be around.......
I'm not saying that Mesa is the greatest place to work... I have my paperwork out there trying to move on as most at Mesa, it just gets really old everyone pointing the finger and bitching about the same things that happen at mainline and the wholly owned carriers!