Flylow - your experience is EXACTLY why we're proud of the culture we have at Mesaba. For everyone else, this is why landing the job takes more than flight time.
Upgrade mins at Mesaba are actually far higher than ATP mins. If you read the contract it spells it out very carefully. It's just that during this time of growth, those upgrade mins can be reduced to lower levels, hitting the lowest level at ATP mins, to prevent street captains.