Mesa muscle!
 

Old news. And very inacurate in many ways. A lot has changed since the article was written last year...

Mesa requires a 4 year degree huh? Interesting.

Is ExpressJet any good of a regional? Their pay/numbers/upgrade time seem pretty good.

They prefer a degree, but I'm not sure they are in a position to be picky right now.

Yes, very good. However...CAL airlines removed 69 of their aircraft from CAL service effective in 2007. XJet is trying to find new business for those aircraft but until something is announced formally you would have to assume that they may be doing massive layoffs next year.

I am an aviation noob so forgive me.. So CAL is taking 69 aircraft out of CAL serivce and XJet is going to use them for their services right? I am curious why that would mean XJet would be laying off?

CAL owns the 69 aircraft, I think they may own most or all of XJet's planes.

Anyway, CAL revoked 69 airplanes worth of flying to give to a lower bidder. XJet had two choices per the contract:

1) Return the aircraft to CAL so they could be used by the new provider (Chataqua), resulting in massive layoffs. This is what everyone though would happen.

2) Continue to lease the planes from CAL for a higher lease rate. Obviously in order for this to make sense XJet would need to have some other use for those planes.

XJet chose 2), surprising everyone. This has the advantage of putting CAL & Chataqua in a tight spot because they do not have 69 RJ's sitting around to cover that flying...

But XJet still has to find an employer for 69 RJ's...not an easy task. Or they might try an indy-air type stunt, but the long term prospects for success would be P1ss-poor. Anyway, the point is unless XJet announces a NEW major airline partner who needs 69 planes, you would be going out on a limb to take a job there...it would be a gamble, it might work out great. AA is rumored to be a potential partner.

That's what I thought. It was just listed, in the linked article, or propaganda. . . whichever you choose, that it was a minimum.

I think if you have previous 121 turbo-prop experience, they would take you without a 4-year degree.