Originally Posted by flyingsaluki1

What is?

I'll admit the phone hiring is a bit odd, but as is previously posted, you still have to pass training, which is in itself and extended interview process.

As for SJS, as a poor CFI working his A** off trying to get the ATP mins, what's wrong with me looking at a) job security b) relative health of the airline, and c) the opportunity for advancement, and deciding that Mesa is a great place to ditch the student pilots who can barely hold straight and level while on the ground and move into the 121 world?