Originally Posted by
CAsFiled
Having read through most of these threads, trying to make a decision between Mesa, Whiskey and possibly CommutAir (others have been considered and discarded for variety of reasons):
It seems all have a variety of pros & cons (if I take comments at face value). As far as the pros of Mesa (since I'm on the Mesa APC feed):
Quick upgrade time on the CRJ
Max flying
United and American contracts (but for how long on each)?
Cons:
Sub optimal reputation
Sub optimal instruction
Sub optimal QOL
I think I have relative confirmation of the cons and I'm looking to confirm validity of my assumed pros.
Everyone has a quick upgrade, don’t they?
Max flying and a quick line. You don’t find that at CommutAir and Whisky?
I don’t find QOL that bad comparatively. Because you move up quickly, you start getting a line almost immediately. The only thing that makes QOL rough is coverage awards (unstacking).
Any regional that isn’t owned by the legacy carrier has the risk of losing their contracts. It appears apparent to me that American is bringing their regional flying in-house as quickly as they can.