Originally Posted by
fxn2fly
"As a further complication, Mesa's past dishonesty in this court will surround any hearing in which its veracity is at issue with an atmosphere of disbelief," King said. "In other words, an evidentiary hearing would serve no purpose."
Like I said, not objective. If we apply a 'reasonable standard' to Judge King, would we find him fit to preside over cases involving Mesa?
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I'm not endorsing the defense that Mesa put up re: Aloha and Hawaiian's insider info, but Mesa is entitled to a objective hearing by the courts, and they are not getting it with Judge King.
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Quick synopsis of
Mesa's past court history in Hawai'i- Both Aloha and Hawaiian in Ch. 11. Mesa Air Group, as a potential investor, gets access to Aloha and Hawaiian's proprietary info on the Hawaiian market. Mesa then is alleged to have used this data to help them enter the Hawaiian inter-island market. Evidence is presented in court that Aloha's and Hawaiian's own internal charts and graphs (formatting and all) were part of a presentation to Mesa's BOD to sell the start-up of "go! Airlines", Mesa's self-branded Hawaiian inter-island carrier. Also, a Mesa laptop computer was erased just prior to the computer being seized by the court. Mesa's defense - the data in the BOD presentation was Mesa's own (the formatting was just coincidence) and 1 rogue member of Mesa management, JO's close friend, was erasing his computer because he had pornography on it, not because he had Hawaiian's and Aloha's internal market data on it and was destroying evidence. Mesa's General Council testified that he had seen this rogue manager viewing pornography on company computers before.
Mesa losses one case, settles another, and the 'rouge' manager is fired, but seen sitting right beside JO soon after during an official signing ceremony between Mesa Air Group and Kungpen Airlines in China.