iFlyRC, do you have any idea how much it costs to put a new hire through training? How much money does Mesa waste when 40% of their pilots wash out of training? And many more borderline pilots who use twice the sim sessions and two or three times the normal amount of IOE just to finish training. Sounds like Mesa is a class A organization and everyone else should conform to their standards.
What happens when one of these pilots with multiple multiple checkride failures and 80 hours of IOE bends some metal? How is the media and public going to react?
Now I know this does not include every Mesa pilot. They have some very classy and great pilots I am sure, but they sure don't weed out the people who have no business being in the cockpit of an airliner.
Who wants to be at an airline where just anybody can walk into training? Take some pride in where you start your career. You may end up getting stuck there awhile.