Originally Posted by
RB211
A little of both, but thats not to say I am totally wrong. Sure, Mesa acquired a few East coast airlines like CCair, which by default means Mesa was in CLT previously. Doesn't change the fact of how were were used in the Whipsaw.
We were flying for Doug Parker/America West long before most of the Envoy FOs even had their commercial licenses, and probably before you were born.
America West bought US Air, US Air bought AA--we were flying for Parker long before PSA/Envoy/PDT, and there were no concessions taken to secure the additional AA flying.
I really am sorry for the frustrated FOs at other regionals--picking a regional is a crapshoot, and sometimes you get stuck as a 5-10 year FO on a crappy 50-seater. Been there, done that, used the food stamps.
Fwiw if we don't get those additional 18 EJets, Mesa upgrade times are going to scale upward again, and eventually--due to the fact that we don't have a flow and because we have lots of lifers and people wo degrees--the upgrade times at PSA/Envoy/PDT will eventually be faster than here...then maybe the haters will calm down.