Originally Posted by calmwinds

Spoken by another pilot that knows nothing about Mesa except how to get a jump-seat on our airplanes. Just another troll.

Here is where a pilot at Mesa agrees with your observations:
1. If you are married with kids and need to rely on our health benefits, seriously consider someplace else.
2. $36 per hour for FO’s is pretty pitiful given where the industry is headed.
3. Mesa does seem to give guys a second chance when they come from another airline’s training program. (One of the reasons I think a few of our guys don’t end up at the majors).

Here is what is completely incorrect (at least on the Ejet in IAH):
1. As an FO, my schedule is great. Min Credit. Weekends and Christmas off. Schedules only suck where we are seriously short staffed. Right now, that is Ejet CA’s. (Which they are trying to remedy.) We have no reserve unless you want reserve or missed the deadline for bidding.
2. There is no other regional with a faster upgrade on the Ejet.
3. No one really has a clue financially how Mesa is doing. It is a private company.
4. There are no statistics about individual regionals and where they lose pilots to, unless the regional puts the statistics together.

Here is my additional thoughts:
1. For a Houston area pilot, there isn’t a better regional that doesn’t involved a commute. ExpressJet with their 9 year upgrade? SkyWest with their commute to ORD or DTW and then a transfer back after a year to sit on reserve? Then, 10 years before you can get back to IAH as a CA?
2. Some of our CA’s are crediting over 200 hours per month. Exceeding the pay at other regionals.
3. FO’s immediately get a line and can fly 90+ hours per month if they want to.