Originally Posted by
CRJPlt
Logic's post does not lack logic. If you knew anything about the case than you would know that what he said is exactly correct. How do you think Mesa won the injunction? Because their performance numbers aren't as bad as Mesa bashers make it and everything else out to be. There were tons of voice recorded calls to the SOC to cancel flights because Delta wanted to use that slot for their own 75's and 76's because obviously they could get more passengers to their destinations. Also, Mesa was/is operating in a tough JFK environment. Have you looked at JetBlue's performance stats? Bottom of the barrel. Not their fault though. I know a lot of people hate Mesa for one reason or another but this issue is not their fault and they have had good operational performance for Delta. Currently they are operating somewhere around a 99.6% ontime performance for Freedom, well above what the contract dictates. When the court case is all said and done we will all see that Mesa was in the right here.
Do you know what an "injunction" is? Mesa/Freedom didn't
win anything. They were
granted a temporary injunction, which in layman's terms means that they successfully (with the aid of the court) prohibited Delta from canceling their contract until the dispute can be taken to trial.
Mesa's/Freedom's performance is abysmal in JFK there is no denying that. You know how many times I have heard them calling out "on time" when they are over 30mins late. They have started fudging times ever since delta threatened to cancel them. Freedom simply has a poor product, and Delta has had enough.
If you want clear winners and losers, go and read up on the Aloha Vs. Mesa court case and what the outcome was. Although Aloha was granted a hearing by the courts they ultimately lost the war, filing for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Mesa Airlines clearly counted Alohas demise as a victory, so I really have no sympathy when I see them teetering on the cusp of bankruptcy, and loosing flying contracts.
The faster Mesa airlines "Go"es out of business, the better we will ALL be off in the long run.