Looks like a bunch of Mesa flying just got put into open time for DFW 145

Yup. They can't handle it. I would seriously expect at some point for ALL of this flying to be permanently Envoy.

"They can't handle it" doesn't make a lot of sense when there's not enough flying to go around.

Does commuting to Midway count as a good faith effort?

As long as you have time to get from there to ORD in time, I’m sure they’d be fine with it.

Ive used MDW plenty of times (not just as my backup).

Give yourself 1:40 from MDW to sign in at ORD and you should be good.

Mesa lost over half of their flying in DFW for June, down to 21 daily departures.

Any idea why? There were certainly plenty of their planes at the gate and with their already reduced schedule they SHOULD be able to cover the flying.

That's just the way it is.

It certainly seems as though AA is bringing more flying in house within the AAG family