Originally Posted by
iPilot
Does Mesa own these 900s? I was under the impression they were all owned by their respective mainline customers. That would mean they could be sent over to a different regional at the tip of the hat. They would bypass the usual BK auction and all that just go.
We own 22 of our -700's and -900's. The rest are leased.
None of our mainline partners own any of our airplanes.
You must be thinking of the 8 -900's we once operated for Delta, which WERE owned by Delta. Thus their ease in "giving" them to 3 or 4 carriers inside 6 months.