You bring up the Marty McFly time loop paradigm, since in a way you're saying there's a chance that Mesaba could end up like Mesaba.



And what happened at Mesaba? Half the pilots gone during BK. A flurry of growth just prior to the NW/Delta merger, then two years of stagnation and getting to play musical DCI chairs with fewer and fewer CRJs. Then sold to 9E, where they now have the "opportunity" to vote if all the pilots get furloughed, or only two thirds.

I have the utmost respect for the Mesaba guys, and none of this crappy DCI career fallout is anything they brought on themselves. But I wouldn't call their situation a success story.