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!

 

I don't like you because you're dangerous.

 

Far be it from me to defend Mesa, but:

(1) How many of their flights complete successfully, without a hitch, every day? (Even Mesa manages to do it right, even ignoring the abortion that is the ramp operation with Freedom in JFK.)
(2) The FA was brand new and probably would be better off financially working at McDonalds (indeed, that probably goes for most of the crew). Cut them a break, FFS.
(3) First Officers have to do their IOE somewhere...

 

Mesa doesn't run the ground ops at IAD, so points 1,2,4, and 5 are moot. Thanks for playing Maverick.

 

Topgun doesn't do IOE.

 

Good luck with that. Sorry you had such a poor experience, but what do you expect for $200 dollars round trip. Unfortunately situations like this happen at all levels. I can't tell you how many times I hear people say I'm not ever flying XYZ airlines then when they go to ABC something happens there and they say the same thing.

Hey there's always AMTRAK and GREYHOUND.

And thank you for flying the delayed friendly skies.

 

That's right. I AM dangerous. Ice....man.

 

wow, topgun i could almost hear a violin playing in the background when i read your post. get over it.

 

Could you spell "worse" correctly the next time you start a ridiculous thread?

 

Just a word of advice not every regional has that bad of service like Mesa does , so now your never gonna ride another regional cuz of your experience on the worst company in buisness history? Mesa gives all of us a bad rep in the industry..... thx Mesa and JO enjoy reading Chpt 11 it has a good ending


.....TopGun with a name like that you should of slapped the harness on and flew it like thunder but negative ghostrider we don't fly regionals anymore....don't talk down to us other regionals boys and girls cuz mesa sits at their own lunch table aside from all the rest of us