As for the hiring thing, I am very hopeful of it, however, I think it will be a bit before Mesa is completely done. Appeals and the whole process will take awhile. Not to mention even IF mainline wanted us to fly the -900's, company and the pilot group still have a ways to go in the negotiations for payrates. I'm hoping that after the new years that they will get back to the table for serious discussions.

And for what it's worth, I really didn't think CAK's hotel was that bad, and I overnighted there about 6 times in 1 1/2 months. The location was good as was said above because you could walk anywhere you needed to go, and having the aweful waffle was good when you got in on the last flight.