Originally Posted by 24/48

Don't forget, Mesa was in bankruptcy recently. Now they are an all 70-76 airline with a lot of the "fat" trimmed off, contract included. Mesa is in a much better negotiating position today than XJT/ASA. It still isn't a great negotiating position, but they have already been through the downsizing that other carriers are now facing. Downsizing equals low employee moral which then equals a poor product. I know that is a consideration for aircraft placement at UAL, and I'm sure the same philosophy applies to AAG.