Mesa doesn’t get gates. United gates are United gates. Your logic makes the C8 gates at ORD Republic gates, even though Republic and SkyWest park there together. I’m not sure what you mean. Republic had a base in Denver and will likely grow out west with 90 new airplanes coming in the next two years. The northeast is very saturated, so there’s room for growth at IAD, EWR is overfull, and ORD is full. United likes competing Express carriers because it creates competition to improve. When one carrier outperforms, United pays for the increased bids for the route because it sees the price increase worth it if reliability improves. (SkyWest lost LGA, BNA, and MCI 2 months ago.) OO is the only UAX carrier in Denver, and UA isn’t happy with your performance. Competition makes OO want to block in early, push on time for EDCTs when appropriate, etc. Many pilots at OO don’t push or even board until their EDCT and fly at .64 because your pay rules aren’t the most fair where they don’t get block or better, like other carriers. This information comes from multiple people at OO, both FOs and CAs. Competition is healthy, and the majors want results.