Same reason why they want a wholly owned to begin with. Higher profit margin and a LOT more control. Also a great bargaining chip when negotiating with other regional carriers saying our wholly owned can do this at this price point. Beat that if you want to continue flying for us. Look at what Delta did to Endeavor once they've become a wholly owned.

Correct me in I'm wrong but I believe AA owns a portion of Mesa as well. And yes they've given Mesa additional 900s in the past few years without any modification to Mesa's pilot contract or a vote. That was the 2nd time Airways played PSA and one of the reason I voted no on our last TA because I had no faith that the new AA would keep any of the promises but rather they're using us to pit against other contract carriers.