Originally Posted by Purpleanga

Mesa's demise will be good for the overall picture but in the short term you're going to have another 1500 pilots on the street. Mesa is still in a lot of debt and it's a good thing they're in the survival mode now because for a while they were starting to look like they were impervious to the state of the industry. The end will be near if they actually send these extra 5 CRJs and 6 ERJs to HI and start charging 5 bucks a flight... or if they lose the case.