New Mexico Airlines
 

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and so, with a little too much aviation ambition, mesa 2 was born...

Isn't this the same company from Hawaii that pays $8/hr to sit right seat in their Caravans and sling bags and sell tickets in your off time?

Sounds like you're the reservationist, boarding agent, ramp agent, driver of fuel truck, ramp agent & Pilot. Bascially, you're the airline.;)

Better brush up on the CSR skills boyz.:p

Seriously though, if it works out for someone, all the best.


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But why go there and do all that when half the regionals out there are hiring with minimums close to or just above this place. Oh and no ticket sales, ramp agent, fuel truck driving, or baggage handling? Would rather go somewhere else and I live here.

Yeah, I think it is the same company.

Wow their advertised mins of ttl 400-1000 is as high or higher than American Eagle's 400/50 mins.....or ASA (bridge program mins) of 300/25........at least at the latter two, you don't have to do reservations/ramp/and get to fly a shiny jet!!!!!

HA! It is Pacific Wings! I dealt with the "Tsunami" aircraft all the time heading into and out of Lanai in Hawaii. Nice folks, they have an EAS contract for the islands.....something GO! hasn't been able to touch.

I don't think its Mesa V2.0. These guys have a great rep in Hawaii flying to the smaller airfields that are unservicable by the mainline and Island Air. They have their niche, work it well, and IMHO might not be a bad place to work to pick up some good experience. I think that the more mature lower time folks who may not think they are ready to haed to a regional would benefit from working all aspects of the flight from the ticket selling, to bag loading (good W & B Practice) to planning and conducting the flight. I bet it would be pretty satisfactory work.

Now, I just wonder what they pay.......

you must be smoking crack! as an sic you will do everything, everything. But atleast there desperate, they are upgrading guys to go captain FAST. Like, oh this is what its like flying in a cloud, fast!

so uh, whats the difference between captain of a 208 and captain of a 172?

Uhhhhh...well...not much.

Except it's complex, bigger, and high performance. But PIC hours in a 172 would be a lot more valuable than SIC time in a 208. At 400 hours, you can get 121 SIC time in a tprop or jet, and you don't have to check tickets or toss luggage for peanuts...not sure why anyone would want SIC single-engine time. Unless this is the kind of job you want for the next 5 years or so, then more power to you.

It is PIC part 135 TURBINE at least, even if single engine. It won't get you that job at Southwest, but if you're trying to build up hours to go corporate or fractional or something, there are worse ways to build time.

In an interesting paradox, a 172RG is a complex airplane while a 208 is not.

They are not definately mesa.(an employee got fired for letting a go! employee jumpseat) I worked for pacific wings in honolulu and maui. You have to work all positions. Reserverations, ticket counter, ramp agent, and fo. at times you may even have to unload bags yourself in the outstations while flying as an fo.

You are scheduled to fly twice a week and the rest will be the "other" positions. On your days off, you can fly open legs but not get paid for it! Pay is not great, but its something. $8/hr with benefits(please don't shoot the messenger) they have a fleet of 6 caravans(i don't know about NM)

From what it sounds like, it might be pretty hypocritical to fire someone at THAT kind of company for letting a Go! pilot jumpseat. Go! might do some illegal, ghetto-banger stuff and be a bottom-feeder, but heck, at least they don't make their guys haul bags and fly legs without pay!!!

well like what I said, I just worked there... i didn't make any decision... and I can't believe this idiot missed a 36 yrd field goal! what a ray finkle!

I pitty all you folks who never got to fly a Caravan (aka The Beast). No, they aren't sexy or fast, but...

They are easy to fly and very forgiving
Darn near bullet-proof
reliable (systems? what systems?)
comfortable flying approaches at 75 kias (stuck behind a C150) or at 175 (the red line) to the MM and still make the first turn off
but best of all.... ROOMY

oh, and in the cargo version, in the winter with the heat on, we could heat up beanie-weanies on the floor vents (the cans fit in so nicely).


The most FUN I ever had WORKING was in The Beast.

I love the company's site proudly stating:

NOW SERVING ALAMAGORDO!

pretty sure the caravan is a complex airplane, as the FAR's define a complex airplane as having a variable pitch propeller, flaps, retractable landing gear .... or..... be turbine powered....

On the contrary, in this world, turbine single time isn't worth a whole lot, but, if you're not trying to interview at united, i don't see the problem, and you'll probably get some decent flying experience.

seriously, avoid this place like the plague.

Prove it. :D