Originally Posted by JestersDead

The biggest factor about Mesa for me is home base. I live under an hour from IAD. Are they still short of FO's out of IAD? How quickly from submitting app to flying the line is it at Mesa? I've heard horror stories on this forum about people waiting months after ground school. Also, is it getting better at Mesa? They used to be the bottom of the barrel but from what I can see, pay and union contracts are getting better. I'm new at this part 121 thing and trying to do as much research as possible. Form what I can see on Flight Aware, the legs out of IAD don't seem to be that bad. Any insight would be very much appreciated.