It's always fun to watch the bottom feeding MESA trolls get in on threads like this. MESA may or may not have a DFW crew base some day, but they WILL always be bottom feeders. If you want to go work for a company that hires imbeciles over the phone, then MESA is the place for you. If you want to go to work for a company that says its classes are full for the year, yet I know two individuals who have been hired over the phone and sent to class within two weeks, so yeah go to work for Mesa! The airline that lies before you even get in the door. If you want to go work for by far the lowest pay, per diem , and benefits out there, yup, MESA is it! Don't get blinded by "current" fast upgrade times as a measure of when you would actually upgrade. Recruiters these days are as unscrupulous as used car salesmen; they sold their soul to the devil a long time ago and have no conscience about what actually happens to you.