i think most people are up in arms because it's Mesa. If it had been Republic Pilot Development, there'd probably be people jumping all over it. So when people who never have gone to a "pilot development" program were getting jobs at Compass, Expressjet, Eagle, Republic, or Skywest. Then others start wondering "why would anyone pay $$ to MESA to get a guarenteed interview with said airline. As many believe, mesa is the bottom of the barrel, i don't believe that their crews are, but, believe that their management would stand arm and arm with other low life individuals (plenty at my company) so, that'd be the problem.