Mesa's contract is only one of many problems that they have. They have been troubled in the management of their business for as long as I can remember. Going back a good 12 or 13 years that I can remember off hand. Everything is always in crisis mode.
Its a screwed up company. It always has been and i always will be. For pilots its always been a place to get your foot in the door of the industry. Get in and get qualified and then move on. Nobody takes a job there thinking that they are going to spend their career there.