A recent post in another thread was especially angry. It suggested that Mesa pilots are single-handedly dragging down all pilots and should resign. I did a comparison of the Mesa and American Eagle pay scales to see what the cumulative earning would be of a pilot spending ten years at each company. I assumed an 8 year upgrade at AE, and a three year upgrade at Mesa. I used only jet pay scales.

Total Ten Year Earnings: AE $435,000 Mesa $561,000

The Dash Whisperer