Tisk tisk--every airline except maybe FDX/UPS/SWA was imploding and furloughing left and right in that era, including Mesa.

The world has changed--I don't want to trust Parker anymore than the next guy, but I really do think he's going to hire those wholly-owned pilots--not because he cares, but because it's a cynical business decision to have a steady, controllable stream of staffing.

Comair happened in a world wo 121.436, 1500 hours rule, record oil prices prior to the fracking revolution, on the heels of the worst recession since the Depression--dissuading someone from going to a wholly-owned today based on Comair in the early 2000s is a bit absurd imho.