Originally Posted by
dontsurf
i'm sure i speak for him and everyone else here when i say that getting the people from mesa isn't what he meant when he said it would be bad, basically. we all know mesa pilots, and just feel bad for the situation they are in. the people and the planes would be great assets to pick up, but the overall company (leadership, reputation, etc.) is a nightmare. no one here is saying anything bad about mesa pilots, believe me.
I never meant to insult any MAG pilot, I know a few and they are stand-up guys. I've just heard horrible stories (and face it, I do a lot of flying out of the F-concourse at ORD, and have seen the MAG planes), about how the planes are. That's what I was referring to. A company that skimps on maintenance and the almighty dollar, what hidden problems do these planes have? When I was MKE based, we had a few MEL's on those non-OO planes.