Agreed.

The issue is not Mesa 'dragging down the industry', or anything so simple. The airline industry has razor thin margins, high government fees, and low revenue yields due to unrealistic pricing models (charge the customer less than it costs the business to supply the service). Labor has recently devalued their services to a point approaching poverty, helping to sustain this model.

The entire industry needs to take a 'mea culpa'. Customer expectations, labor expectations, management expectations, and government expectations need to change to support a sustainable industry. Part of this 'hard pill to swallow' involves pilots no longer propping up a system through continued devaluation of their labor.

Mesa's history is a microcosm of the industry. Start out small, focus on customer service to a niche market. Replace original management who was a 'dreamer' and proud of the product they produce with #'s based, short term profitability focused Wall Street pleaser. Lower costs to gain market share. Grow like a weed, losing control of your product, your costs, your customer service, and the trust of your employees, while leveraged at unsustainable debt ratios. This is the story of every airline to some extent, not just Mesa.

I wish it was so simple as simply 'blame Mesa' and ignorantly pile on them on an anonymous web forum.