Originally Posted by
mccube5
Here's where i'm a little uninformed. What is the connection between Mesaba and Big Sky? Can't find a whole lot of info. on that.
Big Sky is owned my MAIR Holdings, Inc. which is the parent company of Mesaba. From what I understand, Big Sky was acquired by MAIR to whipsaw Mesaba labor groups in the same way GoJets was started. However, the Mesaba pilots were successful in limiting Big Sky to aircraft of 19 seats or less, effectively killing management's ability to use Big Sky as leverage in negotiations.