The reason JO can't declare BK.....gives their codeshare partners outs on the current contracts. IE, the shell game is being played with no balls under any of the 3 shells.....so once the spinning stops, not so good.

I was one of the 700+ that left for greener pastures in 2007 and I wish my former brothers/sisters luck but life is better most ANYWHERE else.

If MESA folds and loses everything and pilots are out of jobs, they will lose seniority, and pay, and jobs temporarily....but most of the flying will still have to be done by the other regionals/mainline partners. This movement of jobs to better places while a tough pill to swallow is better for the aviation community as a whole!