Originally Posted by 24/48

This is probably the most myopic post.

Most myopic? Really? Before you label it most myopic, hear me out.

1) New-hires at Mesa are moving up anywhere from 5-10 numbers per month, and averaging about 30 coming in junior to them every month. That means folks are leaving and going elsewhere, and yes I've met plenty of Mesa pilots that are now UA new-hires.

A few people are moving on. But where they are moving onto most is what is troubling. Very few, are onto the legacies. And most of those are either minority and/or women. The others are off to LCCs like Spirit, Allegiant etc. Not exactly every pilot's dream job but definitely better than Mesa. I know we have some wonder FO's on here that think they're special because they're mom's raised them to think that way, but there are hundreds of pilots with better credentials that what they assume and are still waiting for that interview call. And 5-10 must also factor in retirement, medical, FMLA etc. It's a fraction of 1% best case scenario.

2) Majors don't care about regional pedigree, heck if Mesa is that bad and we didn't want to hire their pilots, then why would their operation be good enough to safely transport our passengers, etc? Why would UA or AA being willing to put their code, and livery on those aircraft?

You assume I'm saying we aren't being hired because we are a bad pilot group. Quite the opposite. Think outside the box. Mesa is one of United's top performing and lowest cost regionals. That is the simple reason they are awarding us with all this new flying; American too. It's simple business. Now if they start taking from one of their most reliable/cheapest, then we start having results like Republic is having now. It would be like United eating it's own foot. The good foot, not the limping one. Now why would it want to cannibalize it's good foot?

If anything, the one regional I hear about the most for having a bad reputation in the UA new-hire ranks is Skywest. However, a few bad apples doesn't stop us from hiring from Skywest.

Of course they're not going to stop hiring from SkyWest. Are those few bad apples bad for United business/finance or are they a pain in the ass for United pilots? VP's care about one of those factors, not so much the other.