Originally Posted by
de727ups
I really hate to see the Mesa bashing. I have had two friends go from Mesa to big 121 jobs. That would be UPS and USairways. That was years ago, though. Way before Rickair's time. I have a place in Palm Springs now and commute there regularly. I have used Mesa flights out of PHX several times and the crews have been very professional and polite. The only problems I've had with my commute were on a Skywest flight out of LAS. The gate agent told me UPS pilots can't ride on Skywest and that was it. Of course, the gate agent was wrong, but sometimes you just have to smile, nod your head, and hope he's not working the next flight....
SKW does not operate the gates at LAS...would have been either a DL or UA station. If you could have gotten word to the CA, I'm sure he would have sorted it out.