RAH and SKY are both shrewd and cautious. With regard to XJET, they would be an ideal asset, but they will not just rollover just for the sake of being bought. They will insure that their personell are not thrown to the streets, for the sake of profit. So this will not be an easy aquisition at all.

Now MESA is a different story. Management will chase an opportunity for profit even at the expense of it's employees, so it will be easier to aquire. YES MESA has debt, and employee problems. A strong airline like SKY or RAH would and should wait in the wings and let MESA clean up as much of it's debt and empoyee problems and it can. The key point is not to wait too long, otherwise they will become too expensive to aquire once they are on sound footing again financially.