Go somewhere else. Your friend will never upgrade here, 80 percent of the Captains are going to retire at Mesa. Always going to be short staffed FO's. So plan on having min days off with brutal schedules. Pay is the worst of the Regionals. I would be making 12,000 more a year if I was at Skywest. Plan on living on welfare wages in Hawaii until you can bid out. 8 years to hold PHX FO if that is what you covet. If the Majors don't hire (economy downturn), you will be stuck at a job where an Olive Garden manager makes 25,000 more a year. Even after 8 years and your never home! I have one more thing to say. The stress here CAN KILL YOU! I have never seen more medical issues with people than at Mesa. It's so hard to take good care of yourself when your just ran into the dirt.