Let the flaming begin LoL...

You don't need to ask for justification about Mesa's lack of QOL twice :-) It would be a compliment to say that they are the Wal-Mart of the Aviation Industry. Remember, that would be a compliment.

I have to admit, Mesa was the first place I had my App in while a lowly Flight Instructor...Ended up getting onboard with another Regional (slightly better work situation) and quickly realized why Pilots spoke such ways about Mesa. And so, you could have listened to all the rhymes and reasons for NOT going to Mesa, but in the end, maybe you can't quite understand what you were hearing until you've been immersed in the industry for some time - enough to realize they were right.

As a Flight Instructor, I was incapable of "hearing" what I was privy to - SJS is a b*tch. Now I know better!! Not getting a call from Mesa is one of the top-10 best things that ever happened to me.