AAG is not buying MESA. Mesa just went public again with an IPO. AAG owns 7.1% of Mesa. That's just $30 million of valuation after the IPO. If anything, AAG has the investment to keep Mesa interested in the AAG flying. This $30 million investment is really a tiny drop in the bucket for AAG. But United wants and needs Mesa too.

Don't hope for a merger, hope that the Mesa guys get a great deal with flying for UAL and then drop AAG flying. Then hope that AAG has to increase pay and benefits at PSA to grow the pilot group really fast to cover tons of lost CRJ flying immediately.