xjcaptain

I don't think that is even remotely accurate. The only people who were thinking that way were the 19-25 year old crowd who came in at the beginning of this hiring wave, and that is all they have seen at Mesaba. Those of us who have been here for several contract negotiations, furloughs, bankruptcys's etc know that the truth is exactly opposite of what you are saying. If this was your first airline, and your head is fully buried in the sand that may have been your view of our status, but if your were paying attention to the industy or the history of Mesaba you would have known better. Prior to the latest hiring spree we had about 1100 pilots, went down to them mid 400's and "grew" back to a little over 1100. Growth..........not really..... RECOVERY. We are finally back to where we used to be. We had at one point 76 saabs and 36 avros. 112 airframes. We now have 49 Saabs, 36 CRJ900's and 17 CRJ200's. 102 airframes. (5 more 900's coming for the moment so MAYBE 107 airframes). You do the math about our supposed "growth".