There has been no need for Street Captains for many months. We went through a period of need last fall and into winter due to a lot of pilots electing to wait to upgrade for a lot of reasons. Hiring has slowed, and absent any additional growth announcements, I do not anticipate that Mesaba will continue to hire Street CA's in 2008. Those FO's that were hired at the beginning of the wave (April 2007 and later) now all have 1 year of experience and should/could/will want to be able to fill any SF3 CA vacancies when they are available in the coming months.

This is not to say we definately won't hire any Street CA's in 2008, but I think the chances are slim and if we do, only a very few will be needed.