Hey boys - As many of you know I left for Frontier over a year ago. I wanted to pass along a compliment I received on all of our behalf. I flew with an old head the other day who's been in the know and connected one way or another most of the time he's been here with training and or hiring. He told me they've always had really good experiences with Mesa guys. "Good pilots, good pass rates, good attitudes." Take it FWIW but he seemed pretty sincere and matter of fact about it. I'm sure his sentiments would hold true for many other regionals too, but it made me feel pretty good to hear it. I usually can sense when someone is patronizing me, and I don't think he was.

I'm sure someone will pipe in now saying: Of course they love you guys, you're used to working for pennies and being treated like crap. You come to Frontier and never complain. Perhaps there is some truth to that, but if so why was there like 6 XJET CAs in my class and only 2 mesa guys? Hmmm? Actually... the answer to that is probably because XJET is going backwards and Mesa is not. Which is a sad commentary in it's own right.

Who knows... I'm talking in circles... This industry is so crazy. I really think all fee for departure contractors are bad. Look, all I know is we all have to work somewhere, and hell I had some really cool things happen in my life while at Mesa. Namely meeting my wife, starting my family. Buying my first home. Picking up 2 more along the way having 4 different domiciles. Not to mention all the friends I met and the many type ratings.

All this BS about people saying we're bringing the industry down because we choose to work at a place like Mesa whilst we LIVE our LIVES, I say go to HEL! Save your vitriol for the people in your life who have no choice but to endure it - you're all small individuals. And whether you want to acknowledge it or not, your Skywest, or your Comair, ACA, XJET, Envoy PSA or even Horizon, or whatever POS you happen to call home is using the crap out of you too, and deep down you know it!