Originally Posted by topgun (Post 442679)

I was a passenger on a Mesa UA express flight today out of Dulles. What a poor experience it was:
1)12:22 out of A swithced at last minute to 1:20 out of C concourse.
2)Flight boards at 1200 leaving paz behind until they scream to get on board.
3)Flight attendent brand new.Reads all announcements off a classroom handout with back to pax. 3rd graders could have done better. Very unprofessional.
4) We wait for fuel -20 additional mins after sched dept.
5)2 people have to move from front to back for Weight and Balance THEN they put 450lbs ballast in aft baggage because they LEAVE ALL PASSENGER BAGS behind because they will not wiat for them to come over from concourse A!
6) FO is on IOE (initial operating experince) flight.
What a joke.

Our new company policy will be: NO MORE REGIONALS. No wonder business aviation is growing!

Originally Posted by exerauflyboy5 (Post 442712)

Interesting fact, for as long as Airline Pilot Central has been around, the ID topgun was still available until july 2008.

Originally Posted by steak pilot (Post 442708)

Not that I'm a fan of Mesa but;
1. The FA's are suposed to read the announcements until they feel comfortable to do them verbaitum out of their book.
2. How do you know the FO was in IOE, did he where a big pointy hat that said "I'm stupid!"

Originally Posted by topgun (Post 442679)

4) We wait for fuel -20 additional mins after sched dept.

Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot (Post 442747)

1. When I worked at Skywest, the FA's had their announcements memorized right out of school. It was very rare to see one reading an announcement off a card.