Seriously and not trying to be a prick, but anyone looking at mesaba that didnt want to be a mesaba a year ago should go to XJT or somewhere. Think of mesaba as a blue collar pilot job where pay is fair, not great. It is also a place where experience speaks more than "shiny jet syndrome". Mesaba is no XJT, Horizon, SKYW, and definetly not PNCL, it's Mesaba. Part of the Redtail empire, and dont come jumping at it now when you talking trash about it six months ago. Bankruptcy and no one wanted to be there, new shiny jets and "yeah it sounds like a great opportunity", no it is not a FLOW THROUGH to NWA and probably never will be. I personally hope they slap a training contract on new hires to keep them from time buliding like a bunch of old colgan guys did just to get somewhere else... that kills an airline alot more than you think.